Vocabulary
die
Probe
· noun· Pl. die Proben
rehearsal; test, trial; sample
Before a concert, a play or a speech you rehearse: „Wir haben heute Probe.“ Also a test or a sample: „auf Probe“, „eine Blutprobe“.
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Forms
- Singular
- die Probe
- Plural
- die Proben
- Genitiv
- der Probe
One word, many lives
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Probe
rehearsal
Der Chor hat jeden Donnerstag Probe.
The choir has rehearsal every Thursday.
Word family
Probeprobento rehearsedie Generalprobedress rehearsaldie Blutprobeblood sampleprobierento try, to taste
Common combinations
- zur Probe gehento go to rehearsal
- jemanden auf die Probe stellento put someone to the test
- eine Probe nehmento take a sample
Real examples
- Die Probe fand am folgenden Freitagabend im selben Hinterzimmer statt.The rehearsal took place the following Friday evening in the same back room.
- Der Chor hat jeden Donnerstag Probe.The choir has rehearsal every Thursday.
- Die lange Wartezeit stellte unsere Geduld auf die Probe.The long wait put our patience to the test.
