What does it mean exactly?
2006-10-30 20:50:20 · 4 answers · asked by burbank 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
"Es gibt" is an idiom used in German to signify, "there is" or "there are." For example, someone could say: "Hier in diesem Zimmer gibt es keinen Kaffee" meaning word for word: Here in this room is there no coffee.
"Es gibt" also doesn't need to be changed to a plural form when wanting to say "there are (many books, pencils, etc.)," but rather just "Es gibt (viele Bücher, Bleistifte, etc)."
I don't know how far you are in your German so just read past this if you haven't learned it yet, but the idiom "es gibt" always comes before a noun which takes the accusative case (in German only masculine, or "der" nouns, take the accusative of "den," signifying the direct object).
2006-10-31 09:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
im half-german and can easily tell you that es gibt means :he/she/it gives or gave, something like that! But in most cases it is used as there is... (",)
2006-10-31 06:16:57 · answer #2 · answered by unknown 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"There is.." is the exact translation
2006-10-31 05:03:03 · answer #3 · answered by C.C. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are,....... or...... there is,
2006-10-31 04:55:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋