Brot

/bʁoːt/

das noun A1

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 Brote

Meaning

  1. bread

    • Ich kaufe frisches Brot beim Bäcker.

      I'm buying fresh bread at the bakery.

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

Similar words

Brötchen

A Brötchen is a single small bread roll — a diminutive form of Brot, and one of the most-ordered words in a German bakery.

Similar in other languages

French

pain

pain is the French word for the same thing — both mean "bread."

Portuguese

pão

pão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "bread."

Practice

1 What does Brot mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich kaufe frisches ___ beim Bäcker.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Brot?

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