Suppe

noun
soup
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Suppe means 'soup', a bowl of liquid food. Feminine (die Suppe) plural Suppen. Used countably for servings: 'eine Suppe' or 'Schüssel Suppe'. No reflexive or special preposition. Dative plural den Suppen appears in declension. Regular -en plural. Common in German cuisine and everyday speech.

Examples

Eine heiße Suppe wärmt an kalten Tagen.
A hot soup warms you up on cold days.
Der Arzt empfahl Suppe, nachdem der Patient Fieber gehabt hatte, damit er sich schneller erholte.
The doctor recommended soup after the patient had had a fever so that he would recover faster.
Im Winter esse ich gerne eine heiße Suppe.
In winter I like to eat a hot soup.

Details

PluralSuppen

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
nominativedie Suppedie Suppen
genitiveder Suppeder Suppen
dativeder Suppeden Suppen
accusativedie Suppedie Suppen

Mnemonics

👁️Picture a steaming bowl labeled 'die Suppe'.
👂Suppe ~ 'soup' (English) — almost identical sound.
⚧️die — imagine a bowl with a feminine ribbon labeled 'die Suppe'.

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