Polyglot Dictionary

Erde

/ˈeːɐ̯də/

die 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

Meaning

  1. earth (soil)

    • Die Erde im Garten war feucht.

      The soil in the garden was damp.

  2. Earth (the planet)

    • Die Erde dreht sich um die Sonne.

      The Earth revolves around the sun.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

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English

world

Close, figuratively — the earth (soil) relates to the Earth (world).

Practice

1 What does Erde mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ im Garten war feucht.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Erde?

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