Polyglot Dictionary

Fahne

/ˈfaːnə/

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

Forms

plural
die Fahnen

Meaning

  1. flag

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

flagge

Flagge is the more neutral, official word for a national flag; Fahne is used more broadly and colloquially, and also idiomatically — "eine Fahne haben" means to smell of alcohol.

Similar in other languages

French

drapeau

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

Portuguese

bandeira

bandeira is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "flag."

Practice

1 What does Fahne mean?

2 Fill the gap: Auf dem Rathaus weht eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Fahne?

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