Polyglot Dictionary

Fach

/fax/

das noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Fächer

Meaning

  1. subject (school); compartment, shelf

    • Mathematik ist ihr Lieblingsfach.

      Math is her favorite subject.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Disziplin

Disziplin is an academic discipline or field of study; Fach is the everyday word for a school subject.

Thema

Close synonyms for a subject or topic; Fach leans toward a school/academic subject, Thema is the general word for a topic.

Similar in other languages

English

theme

Close — a (school) subject relates to a theme.

Portuguese

disciplina

Fach is the German word for the same thing — both mean "school subject."

Practice

1 What does Fach mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches Fach?

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