Brunos Manuskript liegt als dicker Stapel neben dem Herd, voller Notizen und Fettflecken. Bruno's manuscript lies in a thick pile next to the stove, full of notes and grease stains.

noun · C1

das Manuskript

[manuˈskʁɪpt]

manuscript

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Bis Ende Mai muss ich das fertige Manuskript abgeben, sonst verschiebt sich der ganze Zeitplan.

I have to hand in the finished manuscript by the end of May, otherwise the whole schedule will slip.
Darf ich dein Manuskript lesen, bevor du es an den Verlag schickst?

May I read your manuscript before you send it to the publisher?

The tinted words form a set phrase: Darf ich?
Die Lektorinnen haben über dreihundert Manuskripte gelesen, aber nur zwei angenommen.

The editors have read over three hundred manuscripts but accepted only two.

Grammar

Plural: die Manuskripte In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative wer? was?	das Manuskript	die Manuskripte
Accusative wen? was?	das Manuskript	die Manuskripte
Dative wem?	dem Manuskript	den Manuskripten
Genitive wessen?	des Manuskripts	der Manuskripte

How the Word Is Built

Manu root skript root

A compound: Manu + das Skript

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

das Skript

In Otti's situations: Bruno writes a cookbook

abwandeln die Auflage ausgefeilt der Autor druckfrisch erscheinen das Foto in Druck gehen das Inhaltsverzeichnis das Kochbuch der Lektor das Lektorat

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