Polyglot Dictionary

Errungenschaft

/ɛɐ̯ˈʁʊŋənʃaft/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Errungenschaften

Meaning

  1. achievement

    • Die Impfung ist eine große Errungenschaft.

      Vaccination is a great achievement.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

leistung

Errungenschaft is more about a hard-won, significant accomplishment; Leistung is more general, like a performance or an everyday achievement.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

logro

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

Portuguese

realização

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

Practice

1 What does Errungenschaft mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Impfung ist eine große ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Errungenschaft?

noun

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