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die Taste

B1

button/key

English meaning
button/key
Gender
die — feminine
Plural
die Tasten
Vocabulary package
Household Appliances

Taste in a sentence

An der Fernbedienung ist eine Taste kaputt.

A button on the remote control is broken.

Declension of die Taste

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativedie Tastedie Tasten
Accusativedie Tastedie Tasten
Dativeder Tasteden Tasten
Genitiveder Tasteder Tasten

Where Taste comes from

in der ersten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts von italienisch tasto entlehnt, zum Substantiv aus dem Verb tastare (für „tasten“, eigentlich „das Tasten, das Werkzeug zum Tasten“); verwandt mit taxieren

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Questions about Taste

Is it der, die or das Taste?

It is die Taste — Taste is feminine. In the plural it becomes die Tasten.

What is the plural of Taste?

The plural of die Taste is die Tasten.

What is the genitive of Taste?

The genitive singular is der Taste. The dative plural is den Tasten.

What does Taste mean in English?

die Taste means "button/key". For example: "An der Fernbedienung ist eine Taste kaputt." — "A button on the remote control is broken."

What level is Taste in German?

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

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