Vocabulary
die
Fliese
/ˈfliːzə/· noun· Pl. die Fliesen
tile (on walls and floors)
Fliesen cover bathroom and kitchen walls and many floors. A Fliesenleger lays them; electricians and plumbers have to work around them — and what's behind the Fliesen only shows when they come off.
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- Singular
- die Fliese
- Plural
- die Fliesen
- Genitiv
- der Fliese
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Fliese
tile
Die alten Leitungen liegen hinter den Fliesen.
The old pipes are behind the tiles.
Word family
Flieseder Fliesenleger / die Fliesenlegerintilerfliesento tiledie Bodenfliesefloor tileder Fliesenspiegeltiled splashback
Common combinations
- Fliesen legento lay tiles
- eine Fliese ist gesprungena tile has cracked
- die Fliesen abschlagento knock off the tiles
Common learner mistakes
- die Ziegel im Baddie Fliesen im BadZiegel are bricks and roof tiles; the tiles on bathroom walls and floors are Fliesen (Kacheln is older or regional).
Real examples
- In welchem Zustand die Leitungen sind, sehen wir erst, wenn die Fliesen ab sind.We'll only see what state the pipes are in once the tiles are off.
- Über der Spüle ist eine Fliese gesprungen.A tile above the sink has cracked.
- Für das Bad haben wir graue Fliesen ausgesucht.We've chosen grey tiles for the bathroom.
