🇩🇪 German from 🇬🇧 English All Words
Brot
A1 noun Essen & Trinken
🇬🇧 English: bread
Image for Brot
🇩🇪 Hören & Wiederholen (German)

Definition

🇩🇪 German
noun

Aus hauptsächlich Mehl, Wasser und Salz gebackenes Nahrungsmittel.

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A food made from flour, water, and usually yeast, baked in an oven. It is one of the most common foods in the world.

Grammatik

🇩🇪 German

Gender: neutrum (das). Plural: die Brote.

🇬🇧 Uncountable noun. You cannot say 'a bread' or 'breads'. Instead say 'a slice of bread', 'a loaf of bread', or 'some bread'. Common collocations: bread and butter, brown bread, white bread, bread roll.

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

Bread has been a staple food in English-speaking countries for centuries. 'Breaking bread' with someone means sharing a meal as a sign of friendship. 'The best thing since sliced bread' means something very good or useful — an expression that started in the 1920s.

Beispielsätze

Er streicht Butter auf das Brot.

"Er streicht Butter auf das Brot."

🇬🇧 "He spreads butter on the bread."

Sie nahm eine Scheibe Brot.

"Sie nahm eine Scheibe Brot."

🇬🇧 "She took a slice of bread."

Lückentext 🇩🇪 German

Er streicht Butter auf das ___.

Practice "Brot" in the App

Get daily flashcards, audio drills, and streak tracking in all 11 languages.

Download on App Store