German word

kein in German sentences

kein means "no, not a" in English. Learn the word with article or verb notes, real German examples, and sentence practice.

Examples

Lara hat kein Ticket für den Zug.

Lara has no ticket for the train.

Im Postfach liegt kein Brief.

There is no letter in the mailbox.

Max findet keinen Schlüssel.

Max can't find a key.

Heute fehlt kein Formular.

Today no form is missing.

Wir haben keine Zeit.

We don't have time.

Common mistake

Do not treat kein as a single isolated translation. Check how it behaves in the example sentence.