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Eis

ice

noun YS Less Common
Food & Drink Drinks

Also means

ice cream

Usage Note

Eis means both frozen water and ice cream, so ein Eis essen is to eat an ice cream, while Eis on a lake is ice. The idiom das Eis brechen mirrors English 'to break the ice'; as a substance it has no plural.

Examples

"Die Kinder essen gern Eis."

Natural Translation

The children like eating ice cream.

Literal Translation

The children eat gladly ice-cream.

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