Polyglot Dictionary

Frühjahr

/ˈfʁyːˌjaːɐ̯/

das 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 Frühjahre

Meaning

  1. spring

    Built from früh (early) + Jahr (year).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • früh early
  • Jahr year

Similar words

Frühling

Frühjahr is slightly more formal or bureaucratic, used in agriculture or weather reports; Frühling is more everyday or poetic — both mean "spring."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

nascente

nascente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "spring."

Portuguese

primavera

primavera is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "spring."

Practice

1 What does Frühjahr mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im ___ blühen die Blumen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Frühjahr?

nouncompound

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