Polyglot Dictionary

dünn

/dʏn/

adjective A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. thin

    Opposite of dick.

    • Das Eis war noch zu dünn zum Schlittschuhlaufen.

      The ice was still too thin for skating.

Similar words

mager

mager is more about being lean or skinny, like a body or lean meat; dünn is more general thinness, which can also describe the thickness of objects, like thin paper.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

magro

magro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "thin."

Practice

1 What does dünn mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Eis war noch zu ___ zum Schlittschuhlaufen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches dünn?

Opposites

  • dick

See also

adjectivecore-vocabulary

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