Definition
A sweet-tasting substance added to food and drinks to make them sweet.
Translations
- English
- sugar
- Français
- sucre
- Türkçe
- şeker
- Polski
- cukier
- Русский
- сахар
- Українська
- цукор
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Zucker
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
sugar
/deːɐ̯ ˈt͡sʊkɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- —
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Zucker steht neben dem Salz.NominativSing.The sugar is next to the salt.
- Der Zucker steht auf dem Tisch.NominativSing.The sugar is on the table.
- Ich trinke Kaffee ohne Zucker.AkkusativSing.I drink coffee without sugar.
- Ich trinke meinen Tee ohne Zucker.AkkusativSing.I drink my tea without sugar.
- Sie gibt Zucker in den Kaffee.AkkusativSing.She puts sugar in the coffee.
- Der Joghurt enthält wenig Zucker.AkkusativSing.The yogurt contains little sugar.
- Wir brauchen keinen Zucker.AkkusativSing.We don't need any sugar.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Zucker/ˈt͡sʊkɐ/
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Article phrase
der Zucker/deːɐ̯ ˈt͡sʊkɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Zucker | — |
| Akkusativ | den Zucker | — |
| Dativ | dem Zucker | — |
| Genitiv | des Zuckers | — |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionohne Zuckerohne + Akkusativ
- CollocationZucker in den Kaffee geben
- Collocationwenig Zucker
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