Polyglot Dictionary

Entschuldigung

/ɛntˈʃʊldɪɡʊŋ/

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 Entschuldigungen

Meaning

  1. apology, excuse

    • Entschuldigung, wo ist der Bahnhof?

      Excuse me, where is the station?

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Ausrede

Entschuldigung is an apology, or a legitimate excuse; Ausrede specifically means an excuse in the sense of a flimsy, often insincere pretext.

Similar in other languages

English

excuse

excuse is the English word for the same thing — both mean "apology, excuse."

Practice

1 What does Entschuldigung mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___, wo ist der Bahnhof?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Entschuldigung?

noun

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