Polyglot Dictionary

Altöl

/ˈaltˌʔøːl/

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

Meaning

  1. used oil

    Built from alt (old) + Öl (oil).

    • Altöl gehört nicht in den Abfluss.

      Used oil does not belong down the drain.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Made of

  • alt old
  • Öl oil

Similar words

Öl

Öl is oil in general; Altöl specifically means used or waste oil, like the oil drained from a car engine for disposal.

Practice

1 What does Altöl mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ gehört nicht in den Abfluss.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Altöl?

nouncompound

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