Polyglot Dictionary

Erleichterung

/ɛɐ̯ˈlaɪ̯çtəʁʊŋ/

die noun B1

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. relief

    Built from leicht (light, easy) + er-.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

alívio

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

Portuguese

relevo

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

Practice

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See also

nouncompound

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