Polyglot Dictionary

Anlass

/ˈanˌlas/

der 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 Anlässe

Meaning

  1. occasion, reason

    • Der Anlass war eine Hochzeit.

      The occasion was a wedding.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

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Spanish

coyuntura

Close — an occasion relates to a juncture.

Practice

1 What does Anlass mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ war eine Hochzeit.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Anlass?

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