Polyglot Dictionary

Fehlalarm

/ˈfeːlʔaˌlaʁm/

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
Fehlalarme

Meaning

  1. false alarm

    Built from fehl (wrong) + Alarm (alarm).

    • Es war nur ein Fehlalarm.

      It was only a false alarm.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • fehl wrong
  • Alarm alarm

Practice

1 What does Fehlalarm mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es war nur ein ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Fehlalarm?

nouncompound

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