Vocabulary
der
Grad
/ɡʁaːt/· noun· Pl. die Grade
degree
Zwanzig Grad und Sonne — the number in every weather report. With numbers it stays Grad.
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- Singular
- der Grad
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- die Grade
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Grad
degree (temperature)
Heute sind es zwanzig Grad.
It's twenty degrees today.
Word family
Gradder Längengraddegree of longitudeder Schwierigkeitsgradlevel of difficultyder Breitengraddegree of latitude
Common combinations
- zwanzig Gradtwenty degrees
- minus fünf Gradminus five degrees
- über dreißig Gradover thirty degrees
Common learner mistakes
- zwanzig Gradezwanzig GradWith numbers, Grad has no plural ending: zwanzig Grad, drei Grad.
Real examples
- Im Urlaub hatten wir dreißig Grad.On holiday it was thirty degrees.
- Das Wasser hat nur achtzehn Grad.The water is only eighteen degrees.
- Nachts sind es minus fünf Grad.At night it's minus five degrees.
