Polyglot Dictionary

betrunken

/bəˈtʁʊŋkn̩/

adjective B1

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. drunk

    • Der Mann war betrunken.

      The man was drunk.

Similar words

berauscht

Berauscht is intoxicated or exhilarated, and can be used figuratively (berauscht von Glück); betrunken is the plain, neutral word for drunk.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

borracho

borracho is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "drunk."

Practice

1 What does betrunken mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Mann war ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches betrunken?

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