Besteck – German noun declension

German noun forms of Besteck

Noun: Besteck
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Besteck
Plural Bestecke

Definite

Singulardas Besteck
Pluraldie Bestecke

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Besteckes; Bestecks
Plural Bestecke

Definite

Singulardes Besteckes; Bestecks
Pluralder Bestecke

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Besteck; Bestecke
Plural Bestecken

Definite

Singulardem Besteck; Bestecke
Pluralden Bestecken

Accusative

Indefinite

Singularein Besteck
Plural Bestecke

Definite

Singulardas Besteck
Pluraldie Bestecke

Sample Sentences

  • Der Chirurg verlangte ein neues Besteck. (The surgeon demanded a new set of instruments.)

Etymology

From bestecken (“to provide a thing by inserting it into another thing”), from be- + stecken. Originally referred to a case into which a set of tools was put, later shifting to refer to the tools themselves.

Verbs referencing "Besteck"

Dutch Nouns bestek, Swedish Nouns bestick, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns bestikk, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns bestikk, Danish Nouns bestik.

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