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Auf dem Foto von 1946 räumen Frauen mit Eimern und Schaufeln die Trümmer weg. In the photo from 1946, women are clearing away the rubble with buckets and shovels.

noun · C1

die Trümmer (pl.)

[ˈtʁʏmɐ]

rubble, ruins

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Grammar

Plural
die Trümmer In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

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

Case Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Trümmer
Accusative wen? was? die Trümmer
Dative wem? den Trümmern
Kannst du dir vorstellen, dass man aus den Trümmern Stein für Stein neue Häuser baute? Can you imagine that people built new houses from the rubble, stone by stone?
Genitive wessen? der Trümmer

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Word family

die Trümmerfrauder Trümmerhaufenzertrümmern

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