Polyglot Dictionary

Bein

/baɪ̯n/

das noun A1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Beine

Meaning

  1. leg

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Fuß

Bein is the whole leg, from hip to ankle. Fuß is only the part below the ankle. English "foot" is sometimes used loosely for the lower leg too, which is why this pair trips learners up — German keeps the two strictly separate.

Similar in other languages

French

jambe

jambe is the French word for the same thing — both mean "leg."

Portuguese

perna

perna is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "leg."

Practice

1 What does Bein mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie hat sich beim Skifahren das ___ gebrochen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bein?

See also

nouncore-vocabularybody

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