noun
carrot
B1
Möhre (die) means 'carrot', the common root vegetable. Plural is Möhren (umlaut change). Use: die Möhre, die Möhren; dative plural den Möhren. It’s a regular feminine noun but with irregular plural formation. No special preposition or reflexive usage. Used in cooking contexts.
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Die Köchin schnitt die Möhre, bevor sie diese in die Suppe gab.
The cook cut the carrot before she put it into the soup.
Ich schneide eine Möhre für den Salat.
I'm cutting a carrot for the salad.
Kaninchen fressen gerne Möhren.
Rabbits like to eat carrots.
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Picture a long orange carrot with a little die (article) tag on it to remember 'die Möhre'
Sounds like 'more' + 'reh' — imagine asking for more carrots
Feminine: think 'die' sounds like 'the' for a female (imagine a female farmer holding the carrot)
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Common everyday vegetable. In colloquial German you may also hear 'Karotte'.