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.