Polyglot Dictionary

Erlösung

/ɛɐˈløːzʊŋ/

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

Forms

plural
die Erlösungen

Meaning

  1. redemption, salvation

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Zentraler religiöser Begriff an Ostern — der Glaube, dass die Menschheit durch die Auferstehung Christi von der Sünde befreit wird. Auch im Alltag für einfache "Befreiung/Erleichterung" von einer Last verwendet.

Practice

1 What does Erlösung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Für Christen symbolisiert Ostern die ___ durch Christus.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Erlösung?

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