Polyglot Dictionary

Daumenlutscher

/ˈdaʊ̯mənˌlʊtʃɐ/

der noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Daumenlutscher

Meaning

  1. thumb-sucker

    Built from Daumen (thumb) + Lutscher (sucker).

    • Das Kind ist ein Daumenlutscher.

      The child is a thumb-sucker.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Daumen thumb
  • Lutscher sucker

Practice

1 What does Daumenlutscher mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Kind ist ein ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Daumenlutscher?

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