Polyglot Dictionary

Brustbein

/ˈbʁʊstˌbaɪ̯n/

das 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
Brustbeine

Meaning

  1. breastbone

    Built from Brust (chest) + Bein (bone).

    • Er brach sich das Brustbein.

      He broke his breastbone.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Brust chest
  • Bein bone

Similar words

Similar in other languages

English

sternum

sternum is the English word for the same thing — both mean "breastbone."

Practice

1 What does Brustbein mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er brach sich das ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Brustbein?

nouncompound

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