Polyglot Dictionary

Debatte

/deˈbatə/

die 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
die Debatten

Meaning

  1. debate

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

argumentation

Argumentation is the reasoning one side builds to support its position; Debatte is the back-and-forth exchange between two or more sides.

Streit

Debatte is a structured, often public debate; Streit is a more heated argument or quarrel, structured or not.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

debate

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

Practice

1 What does Debatte mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ im Parlament dauerte lange.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Debatte?

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