Noun
der Dom
Pronunciation: /doːm/
cathedral (church serving as seat of a bishop, by extension, any large church)
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rank #2,995
plural Dome
Meanings
Noun
- cathedral (church serving as seat of a bishop, by extension, any large church)
Example sentence
Wir haben den Dom in Köln besichtigt.
We visited the cathedral in Cologne.
Word forms
singular
der Dom
plural
die Dome
The four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Dom
Accusativeden Dom
Dativedem Dom
Genitivedes Domes
Plural
Nominativedie Dome
Accusativedie Dome
Dativeden Domen
Genitiveder Dome
Usage
- den Dom besichtigen — Visit and look around a cathedral or large historic church.
- Dom / Kuppel — English dome usually means Kuppel, not Dom.
Die Glocken des Doms waren in der ganzen Stadt zu hören.
The cathedral bells could be heard throughout the town.