Polyglot Dictionary

Ferien

/ˈfeːʁi̯ən/

die 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

Meaning

  1. holidays, vacation (school or work break)

    Always plural; for a personal trip/getaway, Urlaub is more common.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Festtag

Ferien is an extended holiday or vacation period (school or work break); Festtag is a single holiday or feast day on the calendar.

Similar in other languages

English

vacation

vacation is the English word for the same thing — both mean "holidays, vacation."

Practice

1 What does Ferien mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir haben zwei Wochen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Ferien?

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