Polyglot Dictionary

Ausgrabung

/ˈaʊ̯sˌɡʁaːbʊŋ/

die 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

Forms

plural
die Ausgrabungen

Meaning

  1. excavation

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Bergbau

Worth distinguishing: Bergbau is mining for resources; Ausgrabung is archaeological excavation.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

excavación

excavación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "excavation."

Portuguese

escavação

escavação is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "excavation."

Practice

1 What does Ausgrabung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ brachte alte Münzen ans Licht.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Ausgrabung?

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