Polyglot Dictionary

Flüchtlingslager

/ˈflʏçtlɪŋsˌlaːɡɐ/

das 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
die Flüchtlingslager

Meaning

  1. refugee camp

    Built from Flüchtling (refugee) + Lager (camp).

    • Das Flüchtlingslager ist überfüllt.

      The refugee camp is overcrowded.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Flüchtling refugee
  • Lager camp

Similar words

Lager

Flüchtlingslager is specifically a refugee camp; Lager is the general word for any camp or warehouse.

Similar in other languages

French

camp de réfugiés

camp de réfugiés is the French word for the same thing — both mean "refugee camp."

Practice

1 What does Flüchtlingslager mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ ist überfüllt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Flüchtlingslager?

nouncompound

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