Translation
the lake; (feminine die See) the sea
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Word origin
From Old High German sēo. The masculine der See ('lake') and the feminine die See ('sea') share this root but developed into two distinct nouns with distinct genders.
- Origin
- Old High German
- Root
- sēo
Grammar
Examples
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We went to the lake at the weekend.
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The lake is very warm in summer.
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There are many small lakes in this region.
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Grammar articles
(23)German Articles: Der, Die, Das and the Full Case Chart
German Superlative and Comparative: -er, am -sten and Umlauts
German Compound Nouns: Connecting Letters (Fugenelemente)
German Future Tense: werden Plus the Infinitive (and Futur II)
German Greetings: Hallo, Guten Tag, Tschüss and Survival Phrases
German 'Used To': früher + Perfect Tense, and the Historical Present
German man, einen, einem and jemand: Talking About 'One' and 'Someone'
Konjunktiv 2 in German: Would, Could and Should Have
German laut and bei/am + Infinitive: Two Higher-Tier Prepositions
German Modal Verbs: All Six Conjugated as One Block
German Numbers: 1 to 100, einundzwanzig and the Big Ones
German Passive Voice: werden Plus a Participle, Again
German Plurals: Eight Patterns and the Rules That Predict Them
German Possessive Pronouns: mein, dein, sein and Their Endings
German Prepositions: Which Case Each One Takes, in One Chart
German Question Words: wer, was, wo, wann, warum and wie
German Relative Pronouns: der, die, das Do a Second Job
German Separable Verbs: anrufen, aufstehen and the Prefix That Jumps to the End
German Simple Past (Präteritum): war, hatte and the Written Past
German Conjunctions: weil, dass, wenn and the Verb That Goes Last
German Verb Conjugation: The One Pattern Under Every Verb
German Word Building: Prefixes and Suffixes for Reading
German zu + Infinitive: um zu, ohne zu, statt zu Explained
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 7: Words 951-960.