Polyglot Dictionary

Brustschwimmen

/ˈbʁʊstˌʃvɪmən/

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

Meaning

  1. breaststroke

    Built from Brust (chest) + Schwimmen (swimming).

    • Sie gewann im Brustschwimmen.

      She won the breaststroke.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Brust chest
  • Schwimmen swimming

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

braza

braza is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "breaststroke."

Practice

1 What does Brustschwimmen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie gewann im ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Brustschwimmen?

nouncompound

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