die Schraube
/ˈʃʁaʊ̯bə/ noun · feminine B1- most iconically, a screw in the sense of a fluted fastener · die Schrauben anziehen to tighten the screws· Solang das Deutsche Reich besteht, wird die Schraube rechts gedreht. As long as the German Reich exists, the screw will be turned to the right.
- a propeller advancing by helical movement
- the simple machine called screw
- the abstracted form things may acquire called helix
- a spiral movement, a spin around the longitudinal axis
- a spiral movement around the longitudinal axis formalized in athletics
Genitive der Schraube · Plural die Schrauben
Noun forms
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | die Schraube | die Schrauben |
| Accusative | die Schraube | die Schrauben |
| Dative | der Schraube | den Schrauben |
| Genitive | der Schraube | der Schrauben |
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