Noun
die Wand
Pronunciation: /vant/
wall, partition
B1
rank #1,235
plural Wände
Meanings
Noun
- wall, partition
- vertical face of a precipice, any large vertical surface
Example sentence
Haben Sie gesehen, wie die Wand eingestürzt ist?
Did you see the wall collapse?
Word forms
singular
die Wand
plural
die Wände
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Wand
Accusativedie Wand
Dativeder Wand
Genitiveder Wand
Plural
Nominativedie Wände
Accusativedie Wände
Dativeden Wänden
Genitiveder Wände
Usage
- Wand → Wände — The plural adds -e and changes a to ä.
- an der Wand / an die Wand — Dative gives a position; accusative marks movement to the wall.
An der gelben Wand hängt eine große Landkarte.
A large map hangs on the yellow wall.