Polyglot Dictionary

Stück

/ʃtʏk/

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 Stücke

Meaning

  1. piece, item

    • Möchtest du ein Stück Kuchen?

      Would you like a piece of cake?

  2. play (theatre)

    • Wir haben ein Stück von Shakespeare gesehen.

      We saw a play by Shakespeare.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Scheibe

Scheibe is specifically a slice (of bread, cheese); Stück is the general word for a piece of anything.

Similar in other languages

French

tranche

Close — a slice relates to a piece.

Practice

1 What does Stück mean?

2 Fill the gap: Möchtest du ein ___ Kuchen?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Stück?

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