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The German word for food is
Essen





food

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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