Steak

See also: steak

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English steak, from Old Norse steik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛɪ̯k/, /steːk/, /ʃteːk/ (fully Germanised form is rare)

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Noun

Steak n (strong, genitive Steaks, plural Steaks)

1. steak (slice of meat, chiefly beef)

Usage notes

• There is no clear distinction between Steak and Schnitzel, except that the former is preferred with beef, the latter with all other meats (including veal).

Declension

Declension of Steak [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Steak	die	Steaks
genitive	eines	des	Steaks	der	Steaks
dative	einem	dem	Steak	den	Steaks
accusative	ein	das	Steak	die	Steaks

See also

• Schnitzel n

Further reading

• “Steak” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Steak” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Steak” in Duden online
• Steak on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de