Blatt

/blat/

das noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Blätter

Meaning

  1. leaf

    • Im Herbst fallen die Blätter von den Bäumen.

      In autumn, the leaves fall from the trees.

  2. sheet (of paper)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Laub

Blatt is a single leaf; Laub is the collective word for foliage, all the leaves on a tree or the ground together.

Similar in other languages

English

foliage

Close, figuratively — a leaf relates to foliage.

Practice

1 What does Blatt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im Herbst fallen die ___ von den Bäumen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Blatt?

See also

nountwo-meanings

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