Polyglot Dictionary

Gänseblümchen

/ˈɡɛnzəˌblyːmçən/

das noun A2

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 Gänseblümchen

Meaning

  1. daisy

    Built from Gans (goose) + Blümchen (little flower).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Gans goose
  • Blümchen little flower

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

marguerite

marguerite is the French word for the same thing — both mean "daisy."

Portuguese

margarida

margarida is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "daisy."

Practice

1 What does Gänseblümchen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Auf der Wiese blühen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gänseblümchen?

nouncompound

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