Polyglot Dictionary

Ersatz

/ɛɐ̯ˈzats/

der 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. replacement, substitute

    • Für den Kranken kam ein Ersatz.

      A replacement came for the sick person.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Vertretung

Ersatz is a replacement or substitute object; Vertretung is a substitute person, standing in for someone (also means "representation").

Similar in other languages

English

surrogate

Close — a replacement, substitute relates to a surrogate.

English

substitute

substitute is the English word for the same thing — both mean "replacement, substitute."

French

remplacement

Ersatz is the German word for the same thing — both mean "replacement, substitution."

Practice

1 What does Ersatz mean?

2 Fill the gap: Für den Kranken kam ein ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Ersatz?

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