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Kalle zeigt Otti einen Baumpilz, aus dem man früher Zunder zum Feuermachen gewann. Kalle shows Otti a bracket fungus that people once used to make tinder for lighting fires.

noun · C1

der Zunder

[ˈt͡sʊndɐ]

tinder

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Other Examples

  • Wir dürfen hier kein Feuer machen, denn das Gras ist trocken wie Zunder.

    We mustn't light a fire here, because the grass is as dry as tinder.

  • Hast du schon einmal versucht, mit Zunder und einem Feuerstein ein Feuer zu entfachen?

    Have you ever tried to light a fire with tinder and a flint?

  • Die Kiefernnadeln am Boden brennen wie Zunder, warnt der Förster die Wandergruppe.

    The pine needles on the ground burn like tinder, the forester warns the hiking group.

Declension

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

Case Singular Example
Nominative wer? was? der Zunder
Accusative wen? was? den Zunder
Dative wem? dem Zunder
Genitive wessen? des Zunders

How the Word Is Built

Word family

zündenanzündenentzünden

In Otti's situations: Kalle and the drought in Brandenburg

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