noun
bag
B1
Tüte: feminine noun meaning 'bag' (small bag, sack or plastic/paper bag). Article: die Tüte. Plural: Tüten. Used for shopping, snacks or small packages; no irregular plural. Declensions follow regular patterns (die Tüte, der Tüte, die Tüten, den Tüten). Common in everyday speech.
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Brauchen Sie eine Tüte für den Salat?
Do you need a bag for the salad?
Die Kinder fanden eine Tüte, die auf der Bank lag, als der Zug ankam.
The children found a bag that lay on the bench when the train arrived.
Ich kaufe Obst und lege es in eine Tüte.
I buy fruit and put it in a bag.
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picture a paper shopping bag labeled 'Tüte' filled with groceries
sounds like 'tooty' — imagine a small bag that goes 'toot'
Ends in -e and is a common everyday object — many such nouns are feminine (die Tüte).
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Common word for a small bag (paper or plastic). In shops you might ask for 'eine Tüte bitte'.