Noun
das Jahr
Pronunciation: /jaːr/
year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun)
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plural Jahre
Meanings
Noun
- year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun)
- year (time it takes for any astronomical object to directly orbit its star)
- year (period between set dates that mark a year)
- year (level or grade in school or college)
Example sentence
Wie viele Weihnachtskarten hast du letztes Jahr geschrieben?
How many Christmas cards did you write last year?
Word forms
singular
das Jahr
plural
die Jahre
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Jahr
Accusativedas Jahr
Dativedem Jahr
Genitivedes Jahres
Plural
Nominativedie Jahre
Accusativedie Jahre
Dativeden Jahren
Genitiveder Jahre
Usage
- nächstes Jahr — No preposition is needed for next year.
- seit zwei Jahren — A continuing duration after seit takes the dative plural.
Nächstes Jahr ziehen wir nach Hamburg.
We are moving to Hamburg next year.