Polyglot Dictionary

Bootssteg

/ˈboːtsˌʃteːk/

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
Bootsstege

Meaning

  1. jetty

    Built from Boot (boat) + Steg (footbridge).

    • Wir sitzen am Bootssteg.

      We sit at the jetty.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Boot boat
  • Steg footbridge

Similar words

Mole

Close synonyms for a waterfront structure — Bootssteg is a small jetty or boat dock; Mole is a larger stone breakwater protecting a harbor.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

embarcadero

embarcadero is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "jetty."

Practice

1 What does Bootssteg mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir sitzen am ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bootssteg?

nouncompound

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