Definition
A yellow citrus fruit with sour juice and an aromatic peel.
Translations
- English
- lemon
- Français
- citron
- Türkçe
- limon
- Polski
- cytryna
- Русский
- лимон
- Українська
- лимон
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Zitrone
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
lemon
/diː t͡siˈtʁoːnə/
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
- Zitronen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Zitrone schmeckt sehr sauer.NominativSing.The lemon tastes very sour.
- Diese Zitrone ist sehr sauer.NominativSing.This lemon is very sour.
- Für den Tee schneide ich eine Zitrone auf.AkkusativSing.I cut open a lemon for the tea.
- Ich schneide eine Zitrone auf.AkkusativSing.I cut open a lemon.
- Sie gibt Zitrone in den Tee.AkkusativSing.She puts lemon in the tea.
- Im Netz liegen fünf Zitronen.NominativPlur.There are five lemons in the net bag.
- Der Saft ist aus Zitronen.DativPlur.The juice is made from lemons.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Zitrone/t͡siˈtʁoːnə/
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Article phrase
die Zitrone/diː t͡siˈtʁoːnə/
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Plural
Zitronen/tsiˈtʁoːnən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Zitrone | die Zitronen |
| Akkusativ | die Zitrone | die Zitronen |
| Dativ | der Zitrone | den Zitronen |
| Genitiv | der Zitrone | der Zitronen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeine Zitrone schneiden
- Collocationeine saure Zitrone
- CollocationZitrone in den Tee geben
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