Polyglot Dictionary

Tisch

/tɪʃ/

der 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

Forms

plural
die Tische

Meaning

  1. table

    The base word behind Schreibtisch (desk) and the meal-sense of Nachtisch (dessert) — a whole family of compounds built on it.

    • Das Essen steht auf dem Tisch.

      The food is on the table.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

table

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

Portuguese

mesa

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

Practice

1 What does Tisch mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Essen steht auf dem ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Tisch?

See also

nouncore-vocabularyfurniture

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