Similar words
unterlage
Unterlage is often used in the plural, "Unterlagen," meaning documents or paperwork as a set; Dokument more often refers to one specific document.
Similar in other languages
French
document
document is the French word for the same thing — both mean "document."
Portuguese
documento
documento is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "document."
Practice
1 What does Dokument mean?
document
2 Fill the gap: Bitte bringen Sie alle ___ mit.
Full sentence: Bitte bringen Sie alle Dokumente mit. (Please bring all documents.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches Dokument?
Dokument: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.