Polyglot Dictionary

Ernährung

/ɛɐ̯ˈnɛːʁʊŋ/

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

Meaning

  1. nutrition

    Built from ernähren (to nourish) + -ung (-ing).

    • Gesunde Ernährung ist wichtig.

      Healthy nutrition is important.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • ernähren to nourish
  • -ung -ing

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

nutrition

nutrition is the French word for the same thing — both mean "nutrition."

Portuguese

nutrição

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

Practice

1 What does Ernährung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Gesunde ___ ist wichtig.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Ernährung?

nouncompound

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