Definition
Clothes, bed linen, and other textiles that are to be washed or have already been washed.
Translations
- English
- laundry
- Français
- linge
- Türkçe
- çamaşır
- Polski
- pranie
- Русский
- бельё
- Українська
- білизна
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Wäsche
- A1
- Noun
- Home & Household
laundry
/diː ˈvɛʃə/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- —
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Home & HouseholdPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Wäsche ist noch nicht trocken.NominativSing.The laundry is not dry yet.
- Die Wäsche ist sauber.NominativSing.The laundry is clean.
- Ich hänge die Wäsche auf den Balkon.AkkusativSing.I hang the laundry on the balcony.
- Am Samstag wasche ich die Wäsche.AkkusativSing.I wash the laundry on Saturday.
- Sie hängt die Wäsche draußen auf.AkkusativSing.She hangs the laundry outside.
- Wir trocknen die Wäsche auf dem Balkon.AkkusativSing.We dry the laundry on the balcony.
- Ich hole die Wäsche aus der Maschine.AkkusativSing.I take the laundry out of the washing machine.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Wäsche/ˈvɛʃə/
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Article phrase
die Wäsche/diː ˈvɛʃə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Wäsche | — |
| Akkusativ | die Wäsche | — |
| Dativ | der Wäsche | — |
| Genitiv | der Wäsche | — |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- CollocationWäsche waschen
- CollocationWäsche aufhängen
- CollocationWäsche trocknen
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word