Polyglot Dictionary

Flugplatz

/ˈfluːkˌplats/

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
die Flugplätze

Meaning

  1. airfield

    Built from Flug (flight) + Platz (place).

    • Der Flugplatz liegt außerhalb der Stadt.

      The airfield is outside the town.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Flug flight
  • Platz place

Similar words

Flughafen

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

Spanish

aeródromo

aeródromo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "airfield."

Practice

1 What does Flugplatz mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ liegt außerhalb der Stadt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Flugplatz?

nouncompound

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