Vocabulary
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Elternabend
/ˈɛltɐnˌʔaːbn̩t/· noun· Pl. die Elternabende
parents' evening (a meeting of a class's parents with the teacher)
Once or twice a year at school or nursery: all the parents of a class meet the teacher in the classroom.
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- Singular
- der Elternabend
- Plural
- die Elternabende
- Genitiv
- des Elternabends
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Elternabend
meeting of the parents of a class or nursery group
Am Donnerstag ist Elternabend in Lottas Klasse.
On Thursday there's a parents' evening in Lotta's class.
Word family
Elternabenddie Elternparentsder Abendeveningder Elternsprechtagparents' day (short one-to-one talks with the teachers)
Common combinations
- zum Elternabend gehento go to the parents' evening
- auf dem Elternabendat the parents' evening
- der erste Elternabendthe first parents' evening
Common learner mistakes
- Ich gehe zu der Elternabend.Ich gehe zum Elternabend.der Elternabend is masculine: zu + dem → zum.
Real examples
- Tarek geht heute allein zum Elternabend.Tarek is going to the parents' evening on his own today.
- Auf dem Elternabend haben wir über die Klassenfahrt gesprochen.At the parents' evening we talked about the class trip.
- Der Elternabend beginnt um halb acht.The parents' evening starts at half past seven.
