Polyglot Dictionary

Erkältung

/ɛɐ̯ˈkɛltʊŋ/

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 Medical Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Erkältungen

Meaning

  1. cold (illness)

    • Ich habe eine leichte Erkältung.

      I have a slight cold.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

rhume

rhume is the French word for the same thing — both mean "cold (illness)."

Practice

1 What does Erkältung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich habe eine leichte ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Erkältung?

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