Champagner
champagne
Champagne is a sparkling wine produced from grapes grown in the Champagne region of France. In German, it is called 'Champagner'. It is often used to celebrate special occasions or to add a touch of elegance to a meal. The word is a loanword from French, and it is used in the same way as in English.
Example sentences using: Champagner
Ich trinke gern Champagner.
I like to drink champagne.
This phrase expresses a personal preference for drinking champagne. It is formed by combining 'Ich', the German word for 'I', 'trinke', the first person singular present tense form of 'trinken' meaning 'drink', 'gern' meaning 'gladly' or 'with pleasure', and 'Champagner', the German word for 'champagne'.
Der Champagner ist teuer.
The champagne is expensive.
This phrase describes the cost of the champagne. 'Der' is the definite article 'the', 'Champagner' is 'champagne', and 'ist' is the third person singular present tense of the verb 'sein' meaning 'to be'. 'Teuer' means 'expensive' in German.
Champagner wird oft bei Feiern getrunken.
Champagne is often drunk at celebrations.
This sentence is in the passive voice, indicating that the action (drinking champagne) is performed by an unspecified actor. 'Wird' is the third person singular present tense of the auxiliary verb 'werden' used to form the passive voice. 'Oft' means 'often', 'bei' means 'at', and 'Feiern' means 'celebrations'.