Polyglot Dictionary

Erfinder

/ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndɐ/

der 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

Forms

plural
die Erfinder

Meaning

  1. inventor

    • Der Erfinder des Telefons war Bell.

      The inventor of the telephone was Bell.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Entdecker

Worth distinguishing: an Entdecker discovers something that already existed; an Erfinder invents something new.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

inventor

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

Portuguese

inventor

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

Practice

1 What does Erfinder mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ des Telefons war Bell.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Erfinder?

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