Kiste
A2#1,507Hear it
noun
- chest, box
- crate, casea box that contains beverage bottles
- bed, sleeping furniture
- old banger, hooptie
- television set
Forms
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kiste | Kisten |
| genitive | Kiste | Kisten |
| dative | Kiste | Kisten |
| accusative | Kiste | Kisten |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Ben zählt die Kisten: Es fehlen noch sieben.Ben counts the boxes: seven are still missing.A1Der Umzug — Moving house (A1)
- „Ich brauche wenigstens eine Kiste", sagt sie."I need at least a box," she says.A1Der Flohmarkt — The flea market (A1)
- Mein Rücken tut weh, wir tragen die Kiste gemeinsam.My back hurts — we'll carry the box together.A1Noch einmal, bitte (5) — Once more, please (5) (A1)
- Drinnen stehen Kisten mit Brot, Gemüse und Joghurt auf langen Tischen.Inside, crates of bread, vegetables and yoghurt stand on long tables.A2Ein Nachmittag bei der Tafel — An Afternoon at the Food Bank
Other ways to say it
- Angelegenheitmatter, issue, affair
- Boxbox (cuboid container); but not as widely used as in English in formal language, perhaps most common for plastic boxes; loudspeaker (box-like encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices)
- Fernsehgerättelevision receiver, television set, TV set
- Gesäßbackside, buttocks
- Kastencrate (e.g. for bottles); box, case
- Mühlemill, grinder (tool or apparatus for grinding); mill (building where such an apparatus is used)
- Pobuttocks