Polyglot Dictionary

Bleistiftspitzer

/ˈblaɪ̯ʃtɪftˌʃpɪtsɐ/

der 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
Bleistiftspitzer

Meaning

  1. pencil sharpener

    Built from Bleistift (pencil) + Spitzer (sharpener).

    • Ich brauche einen Bleistiftspitzer.

      I need a pencil sharpener.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Bleistift pencil
  • Spitzer sharpener

Similar words

Spitzer

Near-total synonyms for "pencil sharpener"; Bleistiftspitzer is the fuller, explicit term, Spitzer is the everyday shortened form.

Similar in other languages

French

taille-crayon

taille-crayon is the French word for the same thing — both mean "pencil sharpener."

Portuguese

apontador

apontador is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pencil sharpener."

Practice

1 What does Bleistiftspitzer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich brauche einen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bleistiftspitzer?

nouncompound

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