German Nouns
    Noun

    die Dose

    can, tin

    Forms of die Dose

    Article / Gender

    die
    Feminine

    English

    can, tin

    Singular

    die Dose

    Plural

    die Dosen

    Vocabulary lists with die Dose

    die Dose appears in the following vocabulary collections:

    Example Sentences

    • Die Dose ist leer.

      The can is empty.

      The subject comes first, and the verb is in position 2.

    • Ich kaufe eine Dose Tomaten.

      I am buying a can of tomatoes.

      The direct object is in the accusative.

    • Ein Deckel gehört zu einer Dose.

      A lid belongs to a can.

      The preposition zu always takes the dative.