Polyglot Dictionary

Gebirgszug

/ɡəˈbɪʁkstsuːk/

der 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
Gebirgszüge

Meaning

  1. mountain range

    Built from Gebirge (mountains) + Zug (range).

    • Der Gebirgszug ist steil.

      The mountain range is steep.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Gebirge mountains
  • Zug range

Similar words

Bergkette

Near-total synonyms for "mountain range," fully interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

English

range

range is the English word for the same thing — both mean "mountain range."

French

chaîne

Close — a mountain range is a chaîne (chain).

Practice

1 What does Gebirgszug mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ ist steil.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gebirgszug?

nouncompound

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