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Illustration of the A1 German word “die Tafel”, which translates to “blackboard”. A blackboard floating in a forest that captures sunlight, where chalk drawings of birds fly off the board and become real.
A blackboard floating in a forest that captures sunlight, where chalk drawings of birds fly off the board and become real.

die Tafel , -n

A1 · noun

blackboard

ˈtaːfl̩

Plural

Plural die Tafeln

Tafel in a sentence

Examples

Der Lehrer schreibt an die Tafel.

The teacher writes on the blackboard.

Die Tafel ist sehr groß.

The blackboard is very big.

How to remember it

TAH-fel sounds like 'table' – imagine a huge blackboard that's also a table, covered in chalk dust.

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