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
-
Frau Hilde besitzt ein abgegriffenes Kochbuch ihrer Großmutter, in dem jede Seite Geschichten erzählt.
Frau Hilde owns her grandmother's well-thumbed cookbook, in which every page tells stories.
Grammar
- Plural
- die Kochbücher 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 Kochbuch | die Kochbücher |
Ein Kochbuch, dessen Rezepte nur in einer Profiküche gelingen, würden wir niemandem schenken.
We wouldn't give anyone a cookbook whose recipes only work in a professional kitchen.
|
| Accusative wen? was? | das Kochbuch | die Kochbücher | |
| Dative wem? | dem Kochbuch | den Kochbüchern |
Bruno schnuppert an seinem druckfrischen Kochbuch und strahlt über das ganze Gesicht.
Bruno sniffs his freshly printed cookbook and beams from ear to ear.
|
| Genitive wessen? | des Kochbuchs | der Kochbücher |
How the Word Is Built
Koch root buch root
A compound: der Koch + das Buch
The last word gives the article. More rules
Word family
In Otti's situations: Bruno writes a cookbook
More Words from Otti's Day
Other Dictionaries
The dictionary opens here from its own site, which then sees your IP address. Nothing loads before you choose one.