Polyglot Dictionary

Blindschleiche

/ˈblɪntˌʃlaɪ̯çə/

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
Blindschleichen

Meaning

  1. slow worm

    Built from blind (blind) + Schleiche (creeper).

    • Eine Blindschleiche lag im Gras.

      A slow worm lay in the grass.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • blind blind
  • Schleiche creeper

Similar words

wurm

A Blindschleiche (slow worm) is actually a legless lizard, not a true worm, despite the English name and appearance; a Wurm is an actual worm.

Similar in other languages

French

orvet

orvet is the French word for the same thing — both mean "slow worm."

Practice

1 What does Blindschleiche mean?

2 Fill the gap: Eine ___ lag im Gras.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Blindschleiche?

nouncompound

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