Noun
das Stück
Pronunciation: /ʃtʏk/
one, item, piece, unit(of something countable; often untranslated in English)
A2
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plural Stücke
Meanings
Noun
- one, item, piece, unit(of something countable; often untranslated in English)
- head (a single animal)
- piece (portion of something bigger or of an uncountable mass)
- Something of artistic or historic value; piece of art (of any kind, but less common of novels and films)
Example sentence
Wir haben noch zwei Stück auf Lager.
We still have two items in stock.
Word forms
singular
das Stück
plural
die Stücke
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Stück
Accusativedas Stück
Dativedem Stück
Genitivedes Stückes
Plural
Nominativedie Stücke
Accusativedie Stücke
Dativeden Stücken
Genitiveder Stücke
Usage
- ein Stück Kuchen — a piece of cake; quantity expression
- zwei Stück — two items; Stück often stays singular as a counting unit
Möchtest du noch ein Stück Brot?
Would you like another piece of bread?