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Usages of das Brot
das Abendbrot
supper
Brot mit Käse
bread with cheese
Käse mit Brot
cheese with bread
Brot mit Käse, Käse mit Brot, jeden Tag das Gleiche...
Bread with cheese, cheese with bread, every day the same...
Morgens esse ich Brot mit Käse.
In the morning I eat bread with cheese.
Abends esse ich Käse mit Brot.
In the evening I eat cheese with bread.
das Käsebrot
the cheese sandwich
die Brotsuppe
the bread soup
das Kräuterbrot
the herb bread
Sie ißt das Brot.
She eats the bread.
I guess we use more often 'Brot' without article, since generally 'das Brot' refers to a whole loaf of bread.
It can however also refer to a specific slice of bread, we talked about. The bread I made for her, the bread next to her plate ...
Then again in spoken language you would rather use a local dialect word for the slice of bread, as 'Stulle' (Berlin), Schnitte (Northern Germany),Bemme (Sachsen), Butterschmier (Saarland), Bütterken (Lower Rhein), Knifte (a bit more to the west), Donge (at the border to Rheinland Pfalz)...
Don't kill yourself by trying to memorize all those. I myself just knew about 2 of them :D
Ich kaufe das Brot nicht.
I don't buy the bread.
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