🇩🇪 German from 🇬🇧 English All Words
Tochter
A1 noun Familie
🇬🇧 English: daughter
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🇩🇪 Hören & Wiederholen (German)

Definition

🇩🇪 German
noun

Weiblicher, direkter Nachkomme, direkte Nachkommin.

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A female child in relation to her parents.

Grammatik

🇩🇪 German

Gender: feminin (die). Plural: die Töchter.

🇬🇧 Countable noun. Plural: daughters. Note the silent 'gh' — daughter is pronounced /ˈdɔː.tər/, not 'dag-ter'. Common collocations: eldest daughter, youngest daughter, daughter-in-law (your son's wife).

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

The phrase 'like mother, like daughter' means that a daughter is very similar to her mother in behaviour or appearance. 'Daughter tongue' is sometimes used poetically to describe a language that developed from an older one.

Beispielsätze

Die Frau hilft ihrer Tochter beim Zubereiten von Sandwiches.

"Die Frau hilft ihrer Tochter beim Zubereiten von Sandwiches."

🇬🇧 "The woman is helping her daughter to make sandwiches."

Er umarmt seine Tochter.

"Er umarmt seine Tochter."

🇬🇧 "He hugs his daughter."

Lückentext 🇩🇪 German

Die Frau hilft ihrer ___ beim Zubereiten von Sandwiches.

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