Polyglot Dictionary

Frühling

/ˈfʁyːlɪŋ/

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 Frühlinge

Meaning

  1. spring

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Frühjahr

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 Frühling mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im ___ blühen die Blumen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Frühling?

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