Polyglot Dictionary

Öllampe

/ˈøːlˌlampə/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Öllampen

Meaning

  1. oil lamp

    Built from Öl (oil) + Lampe (lamp).

    • Die Öllampe brennt.

      The oil lamp is burning.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Made of

  • Öl oil
  • Lampe lamp

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

quinqué

quinqué is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "oil lamp."

Portuguese

lamparina

lamparina is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "oil lamp."

Practice

1 What does Öllampe mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ brennt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Öllampe?

nouncompound

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