Polyglot Dictionary

Fremdenverkehr

/ˈfʁɛmdn̩fɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯/

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

Meaning

  1. tourism

    Built from Fremde (stranger) + Verkehr (traffic).

    • Der Fremdenverkehr blüht.

      Tourism is booming.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Fremde stranger
  • Verkehr traffic

Similar words

tourismus

Fremdenverkehr is the older, more traditional or bureaucratic German term for tourism; Tourismus is the modern, internationally common loanword, now much more frequently used.

Similar in other languages

French

tourisme

tourisme is the French word for the same thing — both mean "tourism."

Portuguese

turismo

turismo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "tourism."

Practice

1 What does Fremdenverkehr mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ blüht.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Fremdenverkehr?

nouncompound

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