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Die Künstlerin spannt eine große weiße Leinwand auf einen Rahmen. The artist stretches a large white canvas onto a frame.

noun · B2

die Leinwand

[ˈlaɪ̯nˌvant]

canvas, screen

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Other Examples

  • Für meinen ersten Malkurs brauche ich drei kleine Leinwände.

    I need three small canvases for my first painting class.

  • Wollt ihr nicht mal selbst eine Leinwand bemalen?

    Don't you want to paint a canvas yourselves some time?

  • Kalle meint, das Bild sei nur eine leere Leinwand mit etwas Farbe.

    Kalle says the picture is just an empty canvas with a bit of paint.

Grammar

Plural
die Leinwände 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? die Leinwand die Leinwände
Accusative wen? was? die Leinwand die Leinwände
Dative wem? der Leinwand den Leinwänden
Genitive wessen? der Leinwand der Leinwände

How the Word Is Built

Lein root wand root

A compound: Lein + die Wand

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

das Leinendie Wand

In Otti's situations: Lotte at an art exhibition

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