Polyglot Dictionary

Übergewicht

/ˈyːbɐɡəˌvɪçt/

das noun B1

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

Meaning

  1. overweight, excess weight

    Built from über (over) + Gewicht (weight).

    • Übergewicht kann zu gesundheitlichen Problemen führen.

      Being overweight can lead to health problems.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • über over
  • Gewicht weight

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

corpulência

Close — overweight relates to stoutness.

Practice

1 What does Übergewicht mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ kann zu gesundheitlichen Problemen führen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Übergewicht?

nouncompound

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