Polyglot Dictionary

Anführungszeichen

/ˈanfyːʁʊŋsˌtsaɪ̯çn̩/

das 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 Anführungszeichen

Meaning

  1. quotation mark

    • Setze das Zitat in Anführungszeichen.

      Put the quotation in quotation marks.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

comilla

comilla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "quotation mark."

Practice

1 What does Anführungszeichen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Setze das Zitat in ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Anführungszeichen?

noun

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