Polyglot Dictionary

Absatz

/ˈapzats/

der 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

Forms

plural
die Absätze

Meaning

  1. paragraph

    • Lies den zweiten Absatz noch einmal.

      Read the second paragraph again.

  2. heel (of a shoe)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

abschnitt

Absatz and Abschnitt are close synonyms for "paragraph, section," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

French

paragraphe

paragraphe is the French word for the same thing — both mean "paragraph."

Portuguese

parágrafo

parágrafo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "paragraph."

Practice

1 What does Absatz mean?

2 Fill the gap: Lies den zweiten ___ noch einmal.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Absatz?

noun

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