Polyglot Dictionary

Bettlaken

/ˈbɛtˌlaːkn̩/

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 Bettlaken

Meaning

  1. bed sheet

    Built from Bett (bed) + Laken (sheet).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Bett bed
  • Laken sheet

Similar words

Laken

Near-total synonyms for "bed sheet"; Bettlaken is the fuller, explicit term, Laken is the shorter everyday word (though Laken alone can mean cloth or sheet more generally).

Similar in other languages

Spanish

lámina

Close — a bed sheet and lámina (sheet, plate) share the "sheet" concept.

English

sheet

sheet is the English word for the same thing — both mean "bed sheet."

Practice

1 What does Bettlaken mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir wechseln das ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bettlaken?

nouncompound

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