Skip to content
Kalle schaut mit dem Fernglas auf den See. Kalle looks out over the lake through his binoculars.

noun · B2

das Fernglas

[ˈfɛʁnˌɡlaːs]

binoculars, field glasses

Learn This Word with Otti

My Note

With an account, you keep your own note to every word: a memory trick, an example of your own, where you heard it. Create an account

Already have an account? Log in.

Other Examples

  • Ich leihe mir für die Vogelzählung ein Fernglas von Lotte.

    I'm borrowing binoculars from Lotte for the bird count.

  • Hast du dein Fernglas dabei? Da oben sitzt ein Specht!

    Have you got your binoculars with you? There's a woodpecker up there!

  • Wir haben nur zwei Ferngläser für fünf Leute.

    We only have two pairs of binoculars for five people.

Grammar

Plural
die Ferngläser 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? das Fernglas die Ferngläser
Accusative wen? was? das Fernglas die Ferngläser
Durch das Fernglas sieht Kalle eine Art, die er noch nie gezählt hat. Through his binoculars, Kalle sees a species he has never counted before.
Dative wem? dem Fernglas den Ferngläsern
Kalle schaut mit dem Fernglas auf den See. Kalle looks out over the lake through his binoculars.
Genitive wessen? des Fernglases der Ferngläser

How the Word Is Built

Fern root glas root

A compound: Fern + das Glas

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

ferndie Fernedas Glas

In Otti's situations: Kalle counts birds for science

Other Dictionaries

The dictionary opens here from its own site, which then sees your IP address. Nothing loads before you choose one.

Learn these words with Otti

A few minutes a day; Otti brings each word back right before you would forget it.