Polyglot Dictionary

Fahrrad

/ˈfaːɐ̯ˌʁaːt/

das noun A1

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 Fahrräder

Meaning

  1. bicycle

    Literally a "riding wheel."

    • Ich fahre gern Fahrrad.

      I like riding a bicycle.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Fahr- ride-, drive- (stem of fahren, to travel by vehicle)
  • Rad wheel

Similar words

Velo

Standard German everywhere says Fahrrad, but Switzerland says Velo instead (borrowed from French vélo) — a small, reliable marker of Swiss Standard German, much like groß becoming gross.

Similar in other languages

French

vélo

vélo is the French word for the same thing — both mean "bicycle."

Portuguese

bicicleta

bicicleta is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "bicycle."

Practice

1 What does Fahrrad mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich fahre gern ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Fahrrad?

See also

nouncompoundtransporteveryday

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