Polyglot Dictionary

Beichte

/ˈbaɪ̯çtə/

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
Beichten

Meaning

  1. confession

    • Er ging zur Beichte.

      He went to confession.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Geständnis

Beichte is specifically a religious confession, like in a Catholic confession booth; Geständnis is a general confession, admitting guilt or a secret.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

confesión

confesión is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "confession."

Practice

1 What does Beichte mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er ging zur ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Beichte?

noun

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