das Gerät

B1

device, equipment

English meaning
device, equipment
Gender
das — neuter
Plural
die Geräte
Vocabulary package
Household Appliances

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Gerät in a sentence

Ich kaufe meine Elektrogeräte immer gebraucht. Das ist viel billiger.

I always buy my electrical devices secondhand. That's much cheaper.

Declension of das Gerät

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativedas Gerätdie Geräte
Accusativedas Gerätdie Geräte
Dativedem Gerätden Geräten
Genitivedes Gerätsder Geräte

Word family

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Where Gerät comes from

althochdeutsch girāti „Beratung, Entschluss, Geheimnis, Rat“, belegt seit dem 8. Jahrhundert, mittelhochdeutsch geræte „Ausrüstung, Beratung, Überlegung, Vorsorge“, seit dem 15. Jahrhundert Gerät, seit dem 18. Jahrhundert auc…

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Questions about Gerät

Is it der, die or das Gerät?

It is das Gerät — Gerät is neuter. In the plural it becomes die Geräte.

What is the plural of Gerät?

The plural of das Gerät is die Geräte.

What is the genitive of Gerät?

The genitive singular is des Geräts. The dative plural is den Geräten.

What does Gerät mean in English?

das Gerät means "device, equipment". For example: "Ich kaufe meine Elektrogeräte immer gebraucht. Das ist viel billiger." — "I always buy my electrical devices secondhand. That's much cheaper."

What level is Gerät in German?

Gerät is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the household appliances vocabulary.

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