Polyglot Dictionary

Affäre

/aˈfɛːʁə/

die noun B2

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 Affären

Meaning

  1. affair

    • Die Affäre schadete seinem Ruf.

      The affair damaged his reputation.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

angelegenheit

Affäre often implies a scandalous or romantic affair; Angelegenheit is the neutral word for "a matter" or "business" in general.

Similar in other languages

French

affaire

affaire is the French word for the same thing — both mean "affair, matter."

Practice

1 What does Affäre mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ schadete seinem Ruf.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Affäre?

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