Polyglot Dictionary

Exempel

/ɛˈksɛmpl̩/

das 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 Exempel

Meaning

  1. example

    • Er wollte ein Exempel statuieren.

      He wanted to make an example of someone.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Beispiel

Beispiel is the standard everyday word for example; Exempel is an old-fashioned, literary synonym, mostly surviving in the fixed phrase "ein Exempel statuieren," to make an example of someone.

Similar in other languages

French

exemple

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

Portuguese

exemplo

exemplo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "example."

Practice

1 What does Exempel mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er wollte ein ___ statuieren.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Exempel?

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