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Vocab: Kitchen — B2
Kitchen vocabulary at B2 level.
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die Büchse — can, tin; rifle; rifle, hunting rifle
In everyday contexts, die Büchse usually means a can or tin. In hunting or weapons language, it can mean a rifle, so the context determines the meaning.
Die Büchse ist noch halb voll.
The can is still half full.
noch means still, and halb voll means half full. Die Büchse is nominative because it is the subject; the linking verb ist stands in position two.
Ich öffne die Büchse mit einem Dosenöffner.
I open the can with a tin opener.
öffne means open, mit means with, and ein Dosenöffner is a tin opener. Die Büchse is accusative because öffnen takes a direct object; mit einem Dosenöffner is dative because mit always governs the dative.
Er gibt der Büchse einen neuen Deckel.
He gives the can a new lid.
gibt means gives, and ein neuer Deckel is a new lid. Der Büchse is dative because it is the item receiving something with geben, while einen neuen Deckel is the accusative thing given.
Der Inhalt der Büchse riecht seltsam.
The contents of the can smell strange.
der Inhalt means the contents, and riecht seltsam means smells strange. Der Büchse is genitive because it tells which can the contents belong to; feminine genitive uses der.
Im Vorratsschrank stehen viele Büchsen.
There are many cans in the pantry.
der Vorratsschrank means pantry or storage cupboard, and viele means many. Büchsen is plural after viele; im Vorratsschrank is dative because in describes a fixed location here.
Der Jäger trägt eine Büchse.
The hunter is carrying a rifle.
der Jäger means the hunter, and trägt means carries or is carrying. Eine Büchse is accusative because tragen takes a direct object; this sense refers to a rifle, not a can.
Die Büchse liegt sicher im Schrank.
The rifle is safely lying in the cupboard.
liegt sicher means is lying safely, and im Schrank means in the cupboard. Die Büchse is nominative as the subject, while im Schrank is dative because in describes location here.