Polyglot Dictionary

Flugbegleiter

/ˈfluːkbəˌɡlaɪ̯tɐ/

der 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
Flugbegleiter

Meaning

  1. flight attendant

    Built from Flug (flight) + Begleiter (companion).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Flug flight
  • Begleiter companion

Similar words

stewardess

Flugbegleiter is the gender-neutral, modern term for "flight attendant"; Stewardess is the older, gendered term.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

azafata

azafata is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "flight attendant."

Spanish

azafato

azafato is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "flight attendant."

Practice

1 What does Flugbegleiter mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ servierte Getränke.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Flugbegleiter?

nouncompound

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