Polyglot Dictionary

Bohrmaschine

/ˈboːɐ̯maˌʃiːnə/

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

Forms

plural
die Bohrmaschinen

Meaning

  1. drill

    Built from bohren (to drill) + Maschine (machine).

    • Ich leihe mir eine Bohrmaschine.

      I'm borrowing a drill.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • bohren to drill
  • Maschine machine

Similar words

bohrer

Bohrer can specifically mean the drill bit, the tool attachment; Bohrmaschine means the whole drill machine.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

furadeira

furadeira is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "drill."

Practice

1 What does Bohrmaschine mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich leihe mir eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bohrmaschine?

nouncompound

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