Polyglot Dictionary

Flughafen

/ˈfluːkˌhaːfn̩/

der noun A1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Flughäfen

Meaning

  1. airport

    Literally a "harbour for flight" — the same logic that gave English "seaport," applied to the sky.

    • Wir holen dich vom Flughafen ab.

      We'll pick you up from the airport.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Flug flight
  • Hafen harbour, port

Similar words

Flugplatz

A Flugplatz ("flight place") is a smaller, more general airfield — for small private planes or gliders. Flughafen implies a full commercial airport with terminals.

Similar in other languages

French

aéroport

aéroport is the French word for the same thing — both mean "airport."

Portuguese

aeroporto

aeroporto is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "airport."

Practice

1 What does Flughafen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir holen dich vom ___ ab.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Flughafen?

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