# die Leere

die Leere is a German noun meaning “emptiness”. Forms: der Leere.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Leere

## In other languages

- Русский: пустота, пустое пространство, вакуум

## Meanings

1. _no plural_ emptiness, void

## Examples

- Er starrte ins Leere. — He stared into space.
- Form ist Leere, Leere ist Form. — Form is emptiness; emptiness is form.
- Die Anfrage ging ins Leere. — The request has been black-holed.
- Manchmal schaut man sich um und sieht nichts als Leere. — We sometimes look around and see nothing but emptiness.
- Im Kühlschrank herrschte gähnende Leere. Nur drei Flaschen Bier lagen darin. — The fridge was a yawning chasm of emptiness: inside were only three bottles of beer.

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