noun
drop, droplet
B1
Tropfen: drop, droplet. Masculine noun (der Tropfen). Plural die Tropfen (same stem), genitive singular des Tropfens. Countable in contexts like 'ein paar Tropfen' (a few drops). Regular declension with -s in genitive singular; common collocation: Tropfen geben. Also used for raindrops and eye drops (Augentropfen).
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Die Regentropfen klopften ans Fenster.
The raindrops tapped on the window.
Ein Tropfen Öl fiel in die Suppe.
A drop of oil fell into the soup.
Er sammelte jeden Tropfen Wasser in der Schale.
He collected every droplet of water in the bowl.
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Picture a single water drop hanging from a leaf — that small round shape = Tropfen.
Sounds like 'trophy' without the 'hy' — imagine a single drop shaped like a tiny trophy.
der Tropfen — remember 'der' by imagining a male raindrop wearing a little hat
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Tropfen is masculine (der Tropfen). It is used for single drops of liquid (water, oil, medicine). In medical contexts 'Tropfen' often appears in plural for 'drops' as dosage (z. B. Augentropfen).