Polyglot Dictionary

Ausnahme

/ˈaʊ̯sˌnaːmə/

die 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 Ausnahmen

Meaning

  1. exception

    Built from aus- + nehmen (to take).

    • Er macht heute eine Ausnahme.

      He's making an exception today.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

exceção

exceção is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "exception."

Practice

1 What does Ausnahme mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er macht heute eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Ausnahme?

See also

nouncompound

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