Gehaltserhöhung

/ɡəˈhaltsʔɛɐ̯ˌhøːʊŋ/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Gehaltserhöhungen

Meaning

  1. pay rise

    Built from Gehalt (salary) + Erhöhung (increase).

    • Ich bat um eine Gehaltserhöhung.

      I asked for a pay rise.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • Gehalt salary
  • Erhöhung increase

Similar words

Gehaltsverhandlung

Close, related — a pay rise is often the outcome of a salary negotiation.

Similar in other languages

English

salary

Close — a pay rise is an increase in salary.

Practice

1 What does Gehaltserhöhung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich bat um eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gehaltserhöhung?

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