Schokolade

noun
chocolate
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Schokolade: means 'chocolate' as both a mass noun (eating chocolate) and a countable product (a chocolate bar). It's a feminine noun (die Schokolade) with plural Schokoladen. Declines regularly; singular and plural forms given. Often used as sweet food, uncountable in many contexts.

Examples

Ich esse gerne Schokolade.
I like to eat chocolate.
Die Verkäuferin legte die Schokolade ins Schaufenster, sodass viele Kunden stehenblieben.
The saleswoman placed the chocolate in the shop window so that many customers stopped to look.
Die Schokolade liegt in der Küche.
The chocolate is in the kitchen.

Details

PluralSchokoladen

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
nominativedie Schokoladedie Schokoladen
genitiveder Schokoladeder Schokoladen
dativeder Schokoladeden Schokoladen
accusativedie Schokoladedie Schokoladen

Mnemonics

👁️imagine a chocolate bar with 'Schoko' written on it
⚧️die (feminine) — picture a chocolate box with a feminine ribbon

Notes

Common uncountable/ countable noun depending on context (a bar of chocolate = 'eine Tafel Schokolade').

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