Besserung

/ˈbɛsəʁʊŋ/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. improvement, recovery

    • Gute Besserung!

      Get well soon!

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

verbesserung

Besserung is often used for health recovery, like "gute Besserung," get well soon; Verbesserung is more general improvement, of a process or product.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

adelanto

Close — improvement/recovery and advance/progress overlap.

Practice

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2 Fill the gap: Gute ___!

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