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Frau Hilde sitzt jeden Morgen mit ihrer Zeitung im Erker. Frau Hilde sits in the bay window with her newspaper every morning.

noun · C1

der Erker

[ˈɛʁkɐ]

bay window, oriel

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Other Examples

  • Von meinem Erker aus sehe ich die ganze Straße bis zum Wasserturm.

    From my bay window I can see the whole street down to the water tower.

  • Wenn du die Pflanzen in den Erker stellst, bekommen sie mehr Licht.

    If you put the plants in the bay window, they'll get more light.

  • Die Erker an der Fassade wurden um 1900 als Zeichen von Wohlstand gebaut.

    The bay windows on the façade were built around 1900 as a sign of prosperity.

Grammar

Plural
die Erker In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? der Erker die Erker
Die Erker an der Fassade wurden um 1900 als Zeichen von Wohlstand gebaut. The bay windows on the façade were built around 1900 as a sign of prosperity.
Accusative wen? was? den Erker die Erker
Wenn du die Pflanzen in den Erker stellst, bekommen sie mehr Licht. If you put the plants in the bay window, they'll get more light.
Dative wem? dem Erker den Erkern
Von meinem Erker aus sehe ich die ganze Straße bis zum Wasserturm. From my bay window I can see the whole street down to the water tower.
Genitive wessen? des Erkers der Erker

How the Word Is Built

Word family

das Erkerfensterdas Erkerzimmer

In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde and the history of her building

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