Polyglot Dictionary

Bettwäsche

/ˈbɛtˌvɛʃə/

die noun B1

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

Meaning

  1. bed linen

    Built from Bett (bed) + Wäsche (linen).

    • Ich wechsle die Bettwäsche.

      I change the bed linen.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Bett bed
  • Wäsche linen

Practice

1 What does Bettwäsche mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich wechsle die ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bettwäsche?

nouncompound

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