Polyglot Dictionary

Dose

/ˈdoːzə/

die noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Dosen

Meaning

  1. can, tin, box

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Büchse

Close synonyms for a can or tin; Büchse is slightly older-fashioned and also, confusingly, means "rifle" in its other sense.

Similar in other languages

English

tin

tin is the English word for the same thing — both mean "can, tin."

Practice

1 What does Dose mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie öffnete eine ___ Bohnen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Dose?

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