Polyglot Dictionary

Apotheker

/apoˈteːkɐ/

der noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain Medical Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Apotheker

Meaning

  1. pharmacist

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Chemiker

A false-friend trap: Apotheker is a pharmacist (dispenses medication); Chemiker is a chemist in the scientific sense (a lab researcher) — NOT a British-English "chemist" (pharmacist). Don't confuse the two.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

farmacéutico

farmacéutico is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "pharmacist."

Portuguese

farmacêutico

farmacêutico is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pharmacist."

Practice

1 What does Apotheker mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ gibt mir die Tabletten.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Apotheker?

noun

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