Polyglot Dictionary

Feuerwehrmann

/ˈfɔɪ̯ɐveːɐ̯ˌman/

der noun A2

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 Feuerwehrmänner

Meaning

  1. firefighter

    Built from Feuerwehr (fire brigade) + Mann (man).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Feuerwehr fire brigade
  • Mann man

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

pompier

pompier is the French word for the same thing — both mean "firefighter."

Portuguese

bombeiro

bombeiro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "firefighter."

Practice

1 What does Feuerwehrmann mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ löscht den Brand.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Feuerwehrmann?

nouncompound

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