Polyglot Dictionary

Backstein

/ˈbakˌʃtaɪ̯n/

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 Backsteine

Meaning

  1. brick

    Built from backen (to bake, to fire) + Stein (stone).

    • Das Haus wurde aus roten Backsteinen gebaut.

      The house was built from red bricks.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Stein stone

Similar words

Ziegelstein

Near-total synonyms for "brick"; Ziegelstein is the more technical, complete term, Backstein is the shorter everyday word, especially for the reddish building brick.

Similar in other languages

French

brique

brique is the French word for the same thing — both mean "brick."

Portuguese

tijolo

tijolo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "brick."

Practice

1 What does Backstein mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches Backstein?

See also

nouncompound

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