Noun
das Blatt
Pronunciation: /blat/
leaf (green and flat organ of a plant)
A2
rank #2,158
plural Blätter
Meanings
Noun
- leaf (green and flat organ of a plant)
- petal (one of the parts of the whorl of a flower)
- sheet, piece of paper (piece of paper (usually rectangular) that has not been cut, torn, or folded)
- sheet (full sheet of paper in a newspaper or similar periodical, representing four pages)
Example sentence
Von was für einem Baum ist dieses Blatt?
What type of tree is this leaf from?
Word forms
singular
das Blatt
plural
die Blätter
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Blatt
Accusativedas Blatt
Dativedem Blatt
Genitivedes Blattes
Plural
Nominativedie Blätter
Accusativedie Blätter
Dativeden Blättern
Genitiveder Blätter
Usage
- ein Blatt / viele Blätter — a leaf / many leaves; the plural takes an umlaut
- ein Blatt Papier — a sheet of paper; another everyday sense
Ein gelbes Blatt fiel auf die Bank.
A yellow leaf fell onto the bench.