Polyglot Dictionary

Abtropfsieb

/ˈaptʁɔpfˌziːp/

das noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Abtropfsiebe

Meaning

  1. colander

    Built from abtropfen (drain) + Sieb (sieve).

    • Sie legt die Nudeln ins Abtropfsieb.

      She puts the pasta in the colander.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • abtropfen drain
  • Sieb sieve

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

escurridor

escurridor is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "colander."

Portuguese

escorredor

escorredor is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "colander."

Practice

1 What does Abtropfsieb mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie legt die Nudeln ins ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Abtropfsieb?

nouncompound

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