Polyglot Dictionary

Abwechslung

/ˈapˌvɛkslʊŋ/

die 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. change, variety

    Built from wechseln (to change) + ab-.

    • Zur Abwechslung könnten wir mal ins Kino gehen.

      For a change, we could go to the cinema sometime.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

English

variety

variety is the English word for the same thing — both mean "change, variety."

Practice

1 What does Abwechslung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Zur ___ könnten wir mal ins Kino gehen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Abwechslung?

nouncompound

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