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Speise

B1

dining, food

English meaning
dining, food
Vocabulary package
Meals & Mealtimes

Speise in a sentence

Als Vorspeise nehme ich eine Suppe, aber dafür nehme ich keine Nachspeise.

As a starter I take soup, but I take no dessert course.

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Where Speise comes from

[1] mittelhochdeutsch spīse, althochdeutsch spisa, im 9. Jahrhundert von mittelllateinisch spesa, älter spensa „Vorrat, Nahrung“ entlehnt :[2] zu mittelhochdeutsch „spīse“, einer zum Guss verwendeten Metalllegierung

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What does Speise mean in English?

Speise means "dining, food". For example: "Als Vorspeise nehme ich eine Suppe, aber dafür nehme ich keine Nachspeise." — "As a starter I take soup, but I take no dessert course."

What level is Speise in German?

Speise is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the meals & mealtimes vocabulary.

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