Declension of German noun Fettnäpfchen with plural and article

The declension of the noun Fettnäpfchen (blunder, faux pas) is in singular genitive Fettnäpfchens and in the plural nominative Fettnäpfchen. The noun Fettnäpfchen is declined with the declension endings s/-. The voice of Fettnäpfchen is neutral and the article "das". Here you can not only inflect Fettnäpfchen but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level B2. Comments

B2 · noun · neutral · regular · -s, -

das Fettnäpfchen

Fettnäpfchens · Fettnäpfchen

Endings s/-   Shortening of the genitive ending to 's'   Dative plural without additional 'n'  

English blunder, faux pas, grease bowl, grease pot, social misstep

/ˈfɛt.nɛpfçn̩/ · /ˈfɛt.nɛpfçn̩s/ · /ˈfɛt.nɛpfçn̩/

[…, Kultur] ein kleines, mit Fett gefülltes Gefäß, das früher häufig zum Stiefelputzen neben der Tür oder dem Herd stand; peinliche Situation, in der man eine andere Person unabsichtlich kränkt oder verärgert

» Wegen meiner direkten Art kommt es immer wieder vor, dass ich in irgendein Fettnäpfchen stapfe. English Due to my direct nature, it often happens that I step into some kind of trap.

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Declension of Fettnäpfchen in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. dasFettnäpfchen
Gen. desFettnäpfchens
Dat. demFettnäpfchen
Acc. dasFettnäpfchen

Plural

Nom. dieFettnäpfchen
Gen. derFettnäpfchen
Dat. denFettnäpfchen
Acc. dieFettnäpfchen

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Example sentences for Fettnäpfchen


  • Wegen meiner direkten Art kommt es immer wieder vor, dass ich in irgendein Fettnäpfchen stapfe. 
    English Due to my direct nature, it often happens that I step into some kind of trap.
  • Ich bin ins Fettnäpfchen getreten. 
    English I stepped into the grease.
  • Er ist kräftig ins Fettnäpfchen getreten. 
    English He really put his foot in it.
  • Bist du auch schon einmal ins Fettnäpfchen getreten? 
    English Have you ever stepped into a trap?
  • Fritz hat mal wieder kein Fettnäpfchen ausgelassen. 
    English Fritz has once again not missed any pitfalls.
  • Früher stand neben dem Schuhregal stets ein Fettnäpfchen . 
    English In the past, there was always a grease pot next to the shoe rack.
  • Ich habe die besondere Fähigkeit, ohne zu Zögern in jedes Fettnäpfchen zu treten. 
    English I have the special ability to step into every trap without hesitation.

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Translation of German Fettnäpfchen


German Fettnäpfchen
English blunder, faux pas, grease bowl, grease pot, social misstep
Russian масленка, неловкая ситуация, неловкость
Spanish desliz, metedura de pata, recipiente de grasa, tazón de grasa
French gaffe, maladresse, petit pot à graisse, récipient à graisse
Turkish ayıp durumu, utanç verici durum, yağlık
Portuguese bacia de gordura, embaraço, fora, gafe, pote de gordura
Italian contenitore per grasso, gaf, gaffe, situazione imbarazzante
Romanian gafă, moment stânjenitor, tăviță cu grăsime
Hungarian baki, kellemetlen helyzet, zsírkészlet, zsíros edény
Polish faux pas, futerał na smar, wpadka
Greek αμήχανη κατάσταση, λιπαρή γαβάθα
Dutch blunder, faux pas, vetpotje
Czech nádoba na tuk, trapná situace, čistící nádoba
Swedish burk med skovax, faux pas, fettburk, fettkärl, klantighet
Danish faux pas, fedtkar
Japanese 失敗, 気まずい状況, 脂肪入れ
Catalan gafada, situació incòmoda, taper
Finnish häpeätilanne, nolo tilanne, rasvamalja, rasvapurkki
Norwegian blund, fettbeholder, fettkrukke, tabbe
Basque irritatze, malgintze, olio-kontainer, olioontzi
Serbian mastionica, neprijatna situacija, neugodnost, posuda za mast
Macedonian масленка, непријатна ситуација
Slovenian maščobnik, neprijetna situacija, posoda za maščobo, sramota
Slowakisch nepríjemná situácia, nádobka na tuk, trapná situácia
Bosnian mastionica, neprijatnost, neugodnoća
Croatian mastionica, neugodnost, neugovor, posuda za mast
Ukrainian жирна чаша, жирниця, незручна ситуація, помилка
Bulgarian мазнина, мазнина за обувки, неловкост, неудобство
Belorussian незручная сітуацыя
Indonesian kesalahan, malu, mangkuk lemak, wadah lemak
Vietnamese bát mỡ, chén mỡ, khó xử, sai lầm
Uzbek noqulay vaziyat, xato, yog‘ kosacha
Hindi गलती, चर्बी की कटोरी, चूक, वसा-पात्र
Chinese 失态, 失礼, 油脂小盅, 油脂盅
Thai ข้อผิดพลาด, ถ้วยน้ำมัน, ถ้วยไขมัน
Korean 기름 종지, 실례, 실수
Azerbaijani piy qabı, səhv, utandırıcı vəziyyət, yağ qabı
Georgian შეცდომა, ცხიმის თასი, ცხიმის ქილა
Bengali চর্বির ডিব্বা, চর্বির বাটি, ভুল
Albanian enë dhjami, gabim, moment turpshëm, tas dhjami
Marathi चरबीची वाटी, चरबीचे भांडे, चूक
Nepali गल्ती, चिल्लोको कटोरी, चुक, बोसोको कटोरी
Telugu కొవ్వు గిన్నె, నూనె గిన్నె, పొరపాటు
Latvian kļūda, tauku trauciņš
Tamil கொழுப்பு கிண்ணம், கொழுப்பு பாத்திரம், பிழை
Estonian ebamugav viga, piinlik viga, rasvakauss, rasvanõu
Armenian անհարմար իրավիճակ, ճարպի աման
Kurdish kaseya rûnê, xeta
Hebrewסיטואציה מביכה، קערת שומן
Arabicموقف محرج، وعاء دهني
Persianظرف چربی، موقعیت خجالت‌آور
Urduشرمندگی، نقصان، چکنائی کا برتن

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Meanings and synonyms of Fettnäpfchen

  • ein kleines, mit Fett gefülltes Gefäß, das früher häufig zum Stiefelputzen neben der Tür oder dem Herd stand
  • [Kultur] peinliche Situation, in der man eine andere Person unabsichtlich kränkt oder verärgert

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Declension forms of Fettnäpfchen

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Fettnäpfchen in all cases


The declension of Fettnäpfchen as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Fettnäpfchen is crucial.

Declension Fettnäpfchen

Singular Plural
Nom. das Fettnäpfchen die Fettnäpfchen
Gen. des Fettnäpfchens der Fettnäpfchen
Dat. dem Fettnäpfchen den Fettnäpfchen
Acc. das Fettnäpfchen die Fettnäpfchen

Declension Fettnäpfchen

  • Singular: das Fettnäpfchen, des Fettnäpfchens, dem Fettnäpfchen, das Fettnäpfchen
  • Plural: die Fettnäpfchen, der Fettnäpfchen, den Fettnäpfchen, die Fettnäpfchen

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* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 10738596, 1392490, 577309, 1927304, 1912507

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