Noun
das Hobby
Pronunciation: /ˈhɔbi/
a hobby (activity)
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plural Hobbys
Meanings
Noun
- a hobby (activity)
Example sentence
Was hattest du als Jugendlicher für ein Hobby?
What was your hobby when you were a teenager?
Word forms
singular
das Hobby
plural
die Hobbys
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Hobby
Accusativedas Hobby
Dativedem Hobby
Genitivedes Hobbys
Plural
Nominativedie Hobbys
Accusativedie Hobbys
Dativeden Hobbys
Genitiveder Hobbys
Usage
- einem Hobby nachgehen — Pursue a hobby; nachgehen takes dative.
- das Hobby / die Hobbys — The German plural ends in -s, not -ies.
Seit kurzem ist das Töpfern ihr liebstes Hobby.
Pottery has recently become her favourite hobby.