Socke

noun
sock
B1

Socke (die) means 'sock' (clothing worn on the foot). Feminine noun with plural Socken. Note plural adds -n and the genitive plural is der Socken; dative plural den Socken. Regular everyday word; used in compound forms like 'Sportsocke' or 'Wollsocke'. No special preposition.

Examples

Meine Socke ist nass.
My sock is wet.
Ich finde die zweite Socke nicht.
I can't find the second sock.
Die Mutter suchte eine Socke, die unter dem Sofa lag, weil das Kind sie am Morgen brauchte.
The mother searched for a sock that lay under the sofa because the child needed it in the morning.

Details

PluralSocken

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
nominativedie Sockedie Socken
genitiveder Sockeder Socken
dativeder Sockeden Socken
accusativedie Sockedie Socken

Mnemonics

👁️Picture a single sock with a little feminine ribbon to remember the article 'die'.
👂Sounds like the English word 'sock' with an extra 'e' — Socke = sock.
⚧️Die Socke — imagine a ribbon (a traditionally 'feminine' bow) tied to the sock to remember 'die'.

Notes

Common plural is 'Socken'. The noun is feminine: die Socke.

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