Polyglot Dictionary

Finger

/ˈfɪŋɐ/

der 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

Forms

plural (same form)
die Finger

Meaning

  1. finger

    • Er hat sich in den Finger geschnitten.

      He cut his finger.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Zehe

A Zehe (toe) is the exact same kind of digit, just on the foot instead of the hand.

Similar in other languages

French

doigt

doigt is the French word for the same thing — both mean "finger."

Portuguese

dedo

dedo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "finger."

Practice

1 What does Finger mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er hat sich in den ___ geschnitten.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Finger?

See also

nouncore-vocabularybody

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