German word

Scheibe

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈʃaɪ̯bə/

Meaning

  • feminine nounslice

Example

Ich esse eine Scheibe Brot.

I eat a slice of bread.

Illustration for Scheibe (slice)

More examples

Er legte eine Scheibe Käse auf sein Brot.

He put a slice of cheese on his bread.

Core concept

A thin, flat piece or round plate that can be cut from something or serve as a separate object.

Common phrases

  • eine Scheibe Brot

    a slice of bread

  • eine Scheibe Käse

    a slice of cheese

  • eine Scheibe Schinken

    a slice of ham

Similar words

Stück: A single piece or portion of something, especially food or an object.
Streifen: A thin piece shaped like a long, narrow band.

Definition in German

Flaches, dünnes Stück eines größeren Ganzen, besonders von Brot, Wurst oder Käse; auch rundes, flaches Objekt oder Glasscheibe.

Word origin

Scheibe comes through Old High German scība and Middle High German schībe, which referred to a thin piece or disk and developed into the modern word's related uses.

Usage tips

  • Scheibe is feminine, so the phrase is eine Scheibe Brot, with the plural Scheiben.

Other meanings

  • panenoun
  • disknoun
  • targetnoun

Opposites

  • das Ganzethe wholenoun

Related words

  • Glasscheibeglass panenoun
  • scheibenförmigdisk-shapedadjective
  • scheibenweisein slicesadverb

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