Polyglot Dictionary

Gerüst

/ɡəˈʁʏst/

das 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
die Gerüste

Meaning

  1. scaffolding, framework

    • Arbeiter kletterten auf das Gerüst.

      Workers climbed onto the scaffolding.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Baugerüst

Baugerüst specifically means construction scaffolding; Gerüst is more general, and can also mean a figurative "framework," like a conceptual framework.

Practice

1 What does Gerüst mean?

2 Fill the gap: Arbeiter kletterten auf das ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gerüst?

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