Polyglot Dictionary

fair

/fɛːɐ̯/

adjective A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. fair

    • Das war ein fairer Wettkampf.

      That was a fair competition.

Similar words

gerecht

gerecht is more about justice or fairness in a moral or legal sense; fair is more everyday, like sporting fairness.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

feria

feria is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "fair."

Portuguese

justo

justo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "fair."

Practice

1 What does fair mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches fair?

Opposites

  • unfair

See also

adjective

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