der Shrimp
shrimp
A small marine crustacean often used as food.
EXAMPLE
Zum Abendessen gab es gebratene Shrimps mit Knoblauch und Kräutern.
For dinner, we had fried shrimp with garlic and herbs.
der Shrimp
shrimp
der Shrimp, die Shrimps
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Meanings
Forms
Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry Shrimp, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
| gender | masculine der |
|---|---|
| plural | die Shrimps |
| genitive | des Shrimps |
The four cases
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | der Shrimp | die Shrimps |
| accusative | den Shrimp | die Shrimps |
| dative | dem Shrimp | den Shrimps |
| genitive | des Shrimps | der Shrimps |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
Usage tips
Typical collocations
When referring to food, 'Shrimp' (shrimp) often appears in combinations with cooking methods and ingredients. Typical examples include 'Shrimps braten' (to fry shrimp), 'Shrimps mit Knoblauch' (shrimp with garlic), and 'Shrimp-Cocktail' (shrimp cocktail).
EXAMPLE
Für den Salat wurden die Shrimps kurz angebraten und mit Zitronensaft gewürzt.
For the salad, the shrimp were briefly sautéed and seasoned with lemon juice.
Usually plural
'Shrimp' (shrimp) is usually used in the plural form 'die Shrimps' (shrimp), because people almost always buy or eat several of them. The singular 'der Shrimp' (shrimp) is mainly used when referring to an individual animal.
EXAMPLE
Ich habe 200 Gramm Shrimps für die Pasta gekauft.
I bought 200 grams of shrimp for the pasta.
Auf dem Teller lag nur noch ein einzelner Shrimp.
There was only one shrimp left on the plate.
In real life
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