das Wasser
water
Ranks #240 by frequency — outside the core hundred, but common in everyday life.
- Article
- das
- Type
- noun
- Frequency rank
- #240
- Per million words
- 212
Normally uncountable, like English 'water'. The plural Wässer exists but is rare and technical.
In a sentence
Ich trinke Wasser.I drink water.
Declension
How das Wasser changes across the four German cases. The article changes with the case, which is why the gender is worth learning with the noun itself.
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | das Wasser |
| Accusative | das Wasser |
| Dative | dem Wasser |
| Genitive | des Wassers |
das Wasser is normally uncountable, so it has no everyday plural.
Related words
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