Polyglot Dictionary

Fischotter

/ˈfɪʃˌʔɔtɐ/

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
Fischotter

Meaning

  1. otter

    Built from Fisch (fish) + Otter (otter).

    • Der Fischotter jagt im Fluss.

      The otter hunts in the river.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Fisch fish
  • Otter otter

Similar words

otter

Otter alone is ambiguous in German — it can mean either "otter" or "adder," a snake; Fischotter unambiguously means the otter, the aquatic mammal.

Similar in other languages

French

loutre

loutre is the French word for the same thing — both mean "otter."

Portuguese

lontra

lontra is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "otter."

Practice

1 What does Fischotter mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ jagt im Fluss.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Fischotter?

nouncompound

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