Polyglot Dictionary

Fleischwolf

/ˈflaɪ̯ʃˌvɔlf/

der noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Fleischwölfe

Meaning

  1. mincer

    Built from Fleisch (meat) + Wolf (wolf).

    • Er dreht das Fleisch durch den Fleischwolf.

      He puts the meat through the mincer.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Fleisch meat
  • Wolf wolf

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

picadora

picadora is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "mincer."

Practice

1 What does Fleischwolf mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er dreht das Fleisch durch den ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Fleischwolf?

nouncompound

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