Polyglot Dictionary

Doppelpunkt

/ˈdɔpl̩ˌpʊŋkt/

der noun B1

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 Doppelpunkte

Meaning

  1. colon

    Built from Doppel (doubles (sports)) + Punkt (point, dot).

    • Nach dem Doppelpunkt folgt die Aufzählung.

      After the colon comes the list.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Doppel doubles (sports)
  • Punkt point, dot

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

colon

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

Portuguese

cólon

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

Practice

1 What does Doppelpunkt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Nach dem ___ folgt die Aufzählung.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Doppelpunkt?

nouncompound

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