Polyglot Dictionary

Biografie

/bioɡʁaˈfiː/

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

Forms

plural
die Biografien

Meaning

  1. biography

    • Ich lese eine Biografie über Einstein.

      I'm reading a biography of Einstein.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Lebenslauf

A Biografie is a full narrative account of a life, often written by someone else, often published as a book. A Lebenslauf is a compact, factual list of dates and positions, written by the person themself for a job application.

Similar in other languages

French

biographie

biographie is the French word for the same thing — both mean "biography."

Portuguese

biografia

biografia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "biography."

Practice

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