Polyglot Dictionary

Ding

/dɪŋ/

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

Forms

plural
die Dinge

Meaning

  1. thing

    • Das ist ein seltsames Ding.

      That's a strange thing.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Sache

Ding is more often a concrete physical object; Sache leans abstract — a matter, affair, or unspecified item, as in "Sachen packen" (to pack one's things).

Similar in other languages

French

chose

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

Portuguese

coisa

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

Practice

1 What does Ding mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ist ein seltsames ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Ding?

nouncore-vocabulary

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