Polyglot Dictionary

Fausthandschuh

/ˈfaʊstˌhantʃuː/

der 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
Fausthandschuhe

Meaning

  1. mitten

    Built from Faust (fist) + Handschuh (glove).

    • Im Winter trägt sie Fausthandschuhe.

      In winter she wears mittens.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Faust fist
  • Handschuh glove

Similar words

Handschuh

A Fausthandschuh (literally "fist-glove") is a mitten. It's built on top of Handschuh itself — Faust (fist) + Handschuh — and keeps all four fingers together in one pocket instead of separating them. Reach for Handschuh by default; Fausthandschuh only when the fingers-together shape actually matters, as with thick winter mittens or small children's gloves.

Similar in other languages

French

mitaine

mitaine is the French word for the same thing — both mean "mitten."

French

moufle

moufle is the French word for the same thing — both mean "mitten."

Practice

1 What does Fausthandschuh mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im Winter trägt sie ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Fausthandschuh?

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