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Kalle hält seine Schnauze dicht über den Asphalt und spürt die Hitze, die vom Boden aufsteigt. Kalle holds his snout close to the asphalt and feels the heat rising from the ground.

noun · C1

der Asphalt

[asˈfalt]

asphalt, tarmac

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  • Wir messen auf dem Asphalt zweiundfünfzig Grad, im Gras daneben nur einunddreißig.

    On the asphalt we measure fifty-two degrees, on the grass next to it only thirty-one.

  • Spürst du, wie der Asphalt selbst durch die Schuhsohlen brennt, obwohl die Sonne schon untergegangen ist?

    Can you feel the asphalt burning even through your soles, although the sun has already set?

  • Frau Hilde erzählt, dass auf ihrer Straße früher statt Asphalt Kopfsteinpflaster lag.

    Frau Hilde says that her street used to have cobblestones instead of asphalt.

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Example
Nominative wer? was? der Asphalt
Spürst du, wie der Asphalt selbst durch die Schuhsohlen brennt, obwohl die Sonne schon untergegangen ist? Can you feel the asphalt burning even through your soles, although the sun has already set?
Accusative wen? was? den Asphalt
Kalle hält seine Schnauze dicht über den Asphalt und spürt die Hitze, die vom Boden aufsteigt. Kalle holds his snout close to the asphalt and feels the heat rising from the ground.
Dative wem? dem Asphalt
Wir messen auf dem Asphalt zweiundfünfzig Grad, im Gras daneben nur einunddreißig. On the asphalt we measure fifty-two degrees, on the grass next to it only thirty-one.
Genitive wessen? des Asphalts

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asphaltieren

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