Polyglot Dictionary

behaart

/bəˈhaːɐ̯t/

adjective B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. hairy

    • Er hat behaarte Arme.

      He has hairy arms.

Similar words

haarig

Behaart is the more neutral, descriptive word for hairy, like a hairy arm; haarig can also mean "tricky, dicey" figuratively, as in "eine haarige Situation."

Similar in other languages

English

fuzzy

Close — hairy relates to fuzzy.

Practice

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