Polyglot Dictionary

Aufsatz

/ˈaʊfˌzats/

der 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 Aufsätze

Meaning

  1. essay

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Essay

Aufsatz is the general German word for an essay or composition, like a school essay; Essay is the more literary, journalistic loanword, used for a published, sophisticated essay.

Similar in other languages

French

essai

essai is the French word for the same thing — both mean "essay."

Practice

1 What does Aufsatz mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir schreiben einen ___ über den Sommer.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Aufsatz?

noun

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