Polyglot Dictionary

Flüssigkeit

/ˈflʏsɪçkaɪ̯t/

die noun B1

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 Flüssigkeiten

Meaning

  1. liquid, fluid

    From flüssig (liquid, fluid).

    • Aus dem Kessel tropfte eine grüne Flüssigkeit.

      A green liquid dripped from the cauldron.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Liquidität

A false-friend trap: Liquidität is financial liquidity (having cash readily available); Flüssigkeit is a physical liquid or fluid substance. They look related in English ("liquid"/"liquidity") but describe completely different things in German.

Similar in other languages

English

liquidity

Close, figuratively — being liquid, fluid relates to liquidity.

Practice

1 What does Flüssigkeit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Aus dem Kessel tropfte eine grüne ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Flüssigkeit?

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