Polyglot Dictionary

Flaschenpost

/ˈflaʃn̩ˌpɔst/

die 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 Flaschenposten

Meaning

  1. message in a bottle

    Built from Flasche (bottle) + Post (mail).

    • Am Strand fand er eine Flaschenpost.

      On the beach he found a message in a bottle.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Flasche bottle
  • Post mail

Practice

1 What does Flaschenpost mean?

2 Fill the gap: Am Strand fand er eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Flaschenpost?

nouncompound

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