Polyglot Dictionary

Gartenschere

/ˈɡaʁtn̩ˌʃeːʁə/

die noun B2

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
Gartenscheren

Meaning

  1. pruning shears

    Built from Garten (garden) + Schere (scissors).

    • Ich schneide die Rosen mit der Gartenschere.

      I cut the roses with the pruning shears.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Garten garden
  • Schere scissors

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

sécateur

sécateur is the French word for the same thing — both mean "pruning shears."

Practice

1 What does Gartenschere mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich schneide die Rosen mit der ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gartenschere?

nouncompound

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