Polyglot Dictionary

Durchschnitt

/ˈdʊʁçˌʃnɪt/

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 Durchschnitte

Meaning

  1. average

    Built from durch (through) + Schnitt (cut).

    • Im Durchschnitt regnet es 100 Tage im Jahr.

      On average it rains 100 days a year.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • durch through
  • Schnitt cut

Similar words

Norm

Close — average and norm both describe the usual, typical measure.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

promedio

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

French

moyenne

moyenne is the French word for the same thing — both mean "average."

Practice

1 What does Durchschnitt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im ___ regnet es 100 Tage im Jahr.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Durchschnitt?

nouncompound

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