The German word for food is
Essen
Gender
The gender of Essen is neuter. E.g. das Essen.German Definition
food | |
Substantiv: | |
[1] jede Substanz die von Menschen, Pflanzen oder Tieren aufgenommen wird, um das Überleben und das Wachstum zu ermöglichen, Nahrung | |
[2] die feste Substanz zu [1] | |
[3] spezielle Art Essen |
Translations for food and their definitions
Nahrung | ||
n-f. food and drink |
Essen | |||
n-n. (gerund of essen); eating | |||
Das Trinken lernt der Mensch schon früh, und später erst das Essen.So soll der Mensch aus Dankbarkeit das Trinken nicht vergessen. - Man learns to drink early on, and only later to eat.So man w | |||
n-n. meal | |||
n-n. food | |||
n-n. groceries | |||
Man sollte mit den Kindern Essen einkaufen gehen - One should buy groceries together with the kids. | |||
n. plural of Esse | |||
v. to eat | |||
Er isst gern Schokolade. - He likes eating chocolate. | |||
Ich esse einen Apfel. - I am eating an apple. | |||
v. to eat; to dine | |||
Wir haben noch nicht gegessen. - We have not eaten yet. | |||
Sie haben immer vor 9 Uhr abends gegessen. - They always ate before 9 o’clock in the evening. |
Lebensmittel | |||
n-n. any item or substance intended for human consumption (excluding drugs other than alcohol), food, comestible | |||
n-n. (in the plural) groceries; roughly, though not usually including housewares |
Speise | ||
n-f. meal, fare (food) | ||
Speisen und Getränken. - food and drinks. | ||
n-f. , translation=Philipp soon started refusing drink and food,… | ||
v. first-person singular present of speisen | ||
v. first-person singular subjunctive of speisen | ||
v. third-person singular subjunctive of speisen | ||
v. singular imperative of speisen |
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