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Bruno hält sein erstes Kochbuch in den Pfoten und kann kaum glauben, dass sein Name darauf steht. Bruno holds his first cookbook in his paws and can hardly believe his name is on it.

noun · C1

das Kochbuch

[ˈkɔxˌbuːx]

cookbook

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  • 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.

  • Hast du schon mal ein Kochbuch von vorne bis hinten durchgekocht, statt nur die Bilder anzuschauen?

    Have you ever cooked your way through a cookbook from cover to cover instead of just looking at the pictures?

  • 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

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