Polyglot Dictionary

Geldanlage

/ˈɡɛltˌʔanlaːɡə/

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 Financial Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Geldanlagen

Meaning

  1. investment

    Built from Geld (money) + Anlage (facility, complex).

    • Eine sichere Geldanlage ist ihm wichtig.

      A safe investment is important to him.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Geld money
  • Anlage facility, complex

Similar words

investition

Geldanlage is a more everyday term for a personal financial investment or savings vehicle; Investition is the more formal, general economic term, used for a business or infrastructure investment too.

Similar in other languages

French

investissement

investissement is the French word for the same thing — both mean "investment."

Portuguese

investimento

investimento is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "investment."

Practice

1 What does Geldanlage mean?

2 Fill the gap: Eine sichere ___ ist ihm wichtig.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Geldanlage?

nouncompound

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