Polyglot Dictionary

Elternzeit

/ˈɛltɐnˌtsaɪ̯t/

die noun B2

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

Meaning

  1. parental leave

    Built from Eltern (parents) + Zeit (time).

    • Sie nimmt Elternzeit.

      She is taking parental leave.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Eltern parents
  • Zeit time

Practice

1 What does Elternzeit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie nimmt ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Elternzeit?

nouncompound

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