Polyglot Dictionary

Auskunft

/ˈaʊsˌkʊnft/

die 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 Auskünfte

Meaning

  1. information, inquiry desk

    • Ich brauche eine Auskunft über den Zug.

      I need some information about the train.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

info

Auskunft is the formal word for information, as given at an inquiry desk; Info is the casual, everyday shortening.

Similar in other languages

English

data

Close — information relates to data.

French

donnée

Close — information relates to data.

Practice

1 What does Auskunft mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich brauche eine ___ über den Zug.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Auskunft?

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