Polyglot Dictionary

Abendessen

/ˈaːbn̩tˌɛsn̩/

das noun A1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Abendessen

Meaning

  1. dinner, evening meal

    Built from Abend (evening) + Essen (food, meal).

    • Was gibt es heute zum Abendessen?

      What's for dinner tonight?

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Abend evening
  • Essen food, meal

Practice

1 What does Abendessen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Was gibt es heute zum ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Abendessen?

See also

nouncompoundcore-vocabulary

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