Polyglot Dictionary

Draht

/dʁaːt/

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 Drähte

Meaning

  1. wire

    • Der Zaun war aus Draht.

      The fence was made of wire.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Telegramm

Close, in older usage — "send a wire" means send a telegram.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

alambre

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

Portuguese

arame

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

Practice

1 What does Draht mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Zaun war aus ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Draht?

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