Polyglot Dictionary

Büchsenöffner

/ˈbʏksn̩ˌʔœfnɐ/

der 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
Büchsenöffner

Meaning

  1. tin opener

    Built from Büchse (tin) + Öffner (opener).

    • Wo ist der Büchsenöffner?

      Where is the tin opener?

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Büchse tin
  • Öffner opener

Similar words

Dosenöffner

Near-total synonyms for "tin opener" — Büchse and Dose both mean "can, tin" — essentially interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

abrelatas

abrelatas is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "tin opener."

Portuguese

abre-latas

abre-latas is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "tin opener."

Practice

1 What does Büchsenöffner mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wo ist der ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Büchsenöffner?

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