Skip to content
Emils Onkel fliegt jeden Morgen zum Bäcker. Emil's uncle flies to the bakery every morning.

noun · A2

der Onkel

[ˈɔŋkl̩]

uncle

Learn This Word with Otti
Antonyms
die Tante

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 besuche meinen Onkel in Hamburg.

    I'm visiting my uncle in Hamburg.

  • Wie viele Onkel hast du?

    How many uncles do you have?

  • Kalles Onkel lebt im Wald und kennt jeden Baum.

    Kalle's uncle lives in the forest and knows every tree.

Grammar

Plural
die Onkel 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? der Onkel die Onkel
Accusative wen? was? den Onkel die Onkel
Ich besuche meinen Onkel in Hamburg. I'm visiting my uncle in Hamburg.
Dative wem? dem Onkel den Onkeln
Genitive wessen? des Onkels der Onkel
Ohne Führerschein darf Bruno das Auto seines Onkels nicht fahren. Without a licence, Bruno isn't allowed to drive his uncle's car.

How the Word Is Built

Word family

der Großonkel

In Otti's situations: Emil and his big family

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.