tomaten

In a sentence

• Ich kaufe frische Tomaten auf dem Markt.

  I am buying fresh tomatoes at the market.

  The word 'Tomaten' is plural here, referring to multiple units of the fruit, with the indefinite concept provided by 'frische' indicating they are both fresh and unquantified.

• Die Tomaten im Garten sind dieses Jahr besonders rot.

  The tomatoes in the garden are especially red this year.

  Here, 'Tomaten' is used with a definite article 'Die,' indicating specific tomatoes already known in context, emphasized by the location 'im Garten'.

• Ich mag keine Tomaten in meinem Salat.

  I do not like tomatoes in my salad.

  In this sentence, 'Tomaten' refers to the fruit as part of a dish, showing preference or aversion, maintaining the plural notion of existence.