# das Sandkorn

das Sandkorn is a German noun meaning “grain of sand”. Forms: des Sandkornes, die Sandkörner.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Sandkornes
- Plural: die Sandkörner

## Meanings

1. grain of sand

## Examples

- Nicht der bevorstehende Berg ermüdet, sondern das Sandkorn im Schuh. — It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
- Die Zeit rinnt einfach wie Sandkörner, die am Meer gefunden wurden, durch unsere Finger. — Time just slips through our fingers like the grains of sand found near the sea.

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