Noun
die Made
Pronunciation: /ˈmaːdə/
maggot (soft, legless larva)
B2
rank #4,089
plural Maden
Meanings
Noun
- maggot (soft, legless larva)
Example sentence
Das Fleisch wimmelte von Maden.
The meat was crawling with maggots.
Word forms
singular
die Made
plural
die Maden
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Made
Accusativedie Made
Dativeder Made
Genitiveder Made
Plural
Nominativedie Maden
Accusativedie Maden
Dativeden Maden
Genitiveder Maden
Usage
- die Made / die Maden — A maggot; do not read it as the English past form made.
- wie die Made im Speck leben — An idiom meaning live in comfort and abundance.
Im verdorbenen Obst fanden wir kleine Maden.
We found small maggots in the rotten fruit.