Illustration of the A1 German word “das Bild”, which translates to “picture, image”. An ornate empty frame hanging in mid-air, capturing a living, swirling galaxy of stars and nebula clouds inside its borders.
An ornate empty frame hanging in mid-air, capturing a living, swirling galaxy of stars and nebula clouds inside its borders.

das Bild , -er

A1 · noun

picture, image

/das bɪlt/

Plural

Plural die Bilder

Bild in a sentence

Examples

Das ist ein schönes Bild.

That is a beautiful picture.

Ich sehe ein Bild an der Wand.

I see a picture on the wall.

How to remember it

BILD sounds like "build". Imagine a magnificent "picture" being *built* out of LEGOs right before your eyes.

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