Vocabulary
die
Tonne
/ˈtɔnə/· noun· Pl. die Tonnen
(wheelie) bin; tonne
Colour-coded bins in the courtyard: blue for paper, brown for organic, grey or black for the rest — and yellow for packaging in many cities, though not in Munich.
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- Singular
- die Tonne
- Plural
- die Tonnen
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- der Tonne
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Tonne
large bin, wheelie bin
Die Biotonne wird jeden Dienstag geleert.
The organic waste bin is emptied every Tuesday.
Word family
Tonnedie Mülltonnethe dustbindie Biotonnethe organic waste bindie Papiertonne (blaue Tonne)the paper bindie gelbe Tonnethe yellow packaging bin
Common combinations
- etwas in die Tonne werfento throw something in the bin
- die Tonne rausstellento put the bin out
- in die Tonne treten (colloquial)to forget about it, to bin it
Common learner mistakes
- Wirf das in den Biotonne.Wirf das in die Biotonne.die Tonne → in die Biotonne (wohin? → accusative; feminine stays die).
Real examples
- Das Papier kommt in die blaue Tonne.The paper goes in the blue bin.
- Die Tonnen stehen im Hinterhof.The bins are in the back courtyard.
- Die gelbe Tonne wird alle zwei Wochen geleert.The yellow bin is emptied every two weeks.
