Polyglot Dictionary

Beispiel

/ˈbaɪ̯ˌʃpiːl/

das noun A2

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 Beispiele

Meaning

  1. example

    • Kannst du mir ein Beispiel geben?

      Can you give me an example?

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Exempel

Beispiel is the standard everyday word for example; Exempel is an old-fashioned, literary synonym, mostly surviving in the fixed phrase "ein Exempel statuieren," to make an example of someone.

Similar in other languages

French

exemple

exemple is the French word for the same thing — both mean "example."

Portuguese

exemplo

exemplo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "example."

Practice

1 What does Beispiel mean?

2 Fill the gap: Kannst du mir ein ___ geben?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Beispiel?

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