Translation
to eat
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Word origin
From Old High German ezzan, from the same Proto-Germanic root as English eat.
- Origin
- Old High German
- Root
- ezzan
- English cognates
- eat
Grammar
Examples
Br枚tchen.
I eat a bread roll every morning.
?
Do you like eating fish?
.
We ate at a restaurant yesterday.
Where this fits
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Stories
(13)Der Austausch in der Kantine
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Im Hotel: drei N盲chte f眉r die Klasse
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Der Bus kommt nicht
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Die Cola-Woche
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Die Cousine aus Wien
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Ein Job am Samstag
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Eine 脺berraschung f眉r Oma
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Willkommen in Wien
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Wo ist Bruno?
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Der Brief an mich
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Die Frau im Zug
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Zu m眉de f眉r alles
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Nicht vor den Leuten
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Grammar articles
(7)German Articles: Der, Die, Das and the Full Case Chart
German Future Tense: werden Plus the Infinitive (and Futur II)
German Imperative: du, ihr, Sie Commands (and sei, seid, seien Sie)
German man, einen, einem and jemand: Talking About 'One' and 'Someone'
German Irregular Verbs: The Strong Verb Patterns That Repeat
German laut and bei/am + Infinitive: Two Higher-Tier Prepositions
German Verb Conjugation: The One Pattern Under Every Verb
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 8: Words 161-170.