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Beim Polterabend werfen die Gäste alte Teller auf den Boden. At the pre-wedding party, the guests throw old plates on the ground.

noun · B2

der Polterabend

[ˈpɔltɐˌʔaːbn̩t]

pre-wedding party, Polterabend

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Other Examples

  • Wir kehren nach dem Polterabend stundenlang Scherben zusammen.

    After the pre-wedding party, we spend hours sweeping up the broken pieces.

  • Bringst du zum Polterabend auch eine alte Tasse mit?

    Are you bringing an old cup to the pre-wedding party too?

  • Frau Hilde erzählt, ihr Polterabend sei 1965 im Hinterhof gefeiert worden.

    Frau Hilde says her pre-wedding party was held in the back courtyard in 1965.

Grammar

Plural
die Polterabende 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 Polterabend die Polterabende
Accusative wen? was? den Polterabend die Polterabende
Emil und die Trauzeugin planen zusammen den Polterabend. Emil and the maid of honour are planning the pre-wedding party together.
Dative wem? dem Polterabend den Polterabenden
Bringst du zum Polterabend auch eine alte Tasse mit? Are you bringing an old cup to the pre-wedding party too?
Genitive wessen? des Polterabends der Polterabende

How the Word Is Built

Polter root abend root

A compound: Polter + der Abend

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

polternder Abend

In Otti's situations: Emil is best man at a wedding

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