No. 8,974 in German
leder
Leather.
In a sentence
Das Sofa ist aus echtem Leder gefertigt.
The sofa is made of real leather.
Here, 'Leder' refers to the material 'leather', indicating the substance from which the sofa is made.
Er trägt eine elegante Lederjacke.
He is wearing an elegant leather jacket.
In this sentence, 'Leder' qualifies 'Jacke', forming the compound 'Lederjacke', which denotes a jacket made of leather.
Die Bänder wurden wie Leder gestanzt und geformt.
The bands were stamped and shaped like leather.
Here, 'Leder' is used metaphorically to describe other materials resembling leather in appearance or texture.
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