Polyglot Dictionary

Gehalt

/ɡəˈhalt/

das noun B1

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
die Gehälter

Meaning

  1. salary, pay

    • Sie bekommt jeden Monat ihr Gehalt.

      She gets her salary every month.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Verdienst

Gehalt is a fixed salary; Verdienst is the broader everyday word for earnings from work, and also separately means "merit."

Vergütung

Gehalt is the everyday word for a salary; Vergütung is the formal, official term for remuneration, used in contracts and legal documents.

Similar in other languages

English

wage

Close — salary, pay relates to a wage.

Practice

1 What does Gehalt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie bekommt jeden Monat ihr ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gehalt?

Synonyms

  • Lohn
noun

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