Polyglot Dictionary

Garnele

/ɡaʁˈneːlə/

die 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 Garnelen

Meaning

  1. shrimp

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

krabbe

Garnele is the standard term for "shrimp"; Krabbe primarily means "crab," but colloquially can also mean a small shrimp — worth knowing the ambiguity.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

camarón

camarón is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "shrimp."

French

crevette

crevette is the French word for the same thing — both mean "shrimp."

Practice

1 What does Garnele mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich bestelle ___ mit Knoblauch.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Garnele?

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