Polyglot Dictionary

Geschöpf

/ɡəˈʃœpf/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Geschöpfe

Meaning

  1. creature

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

wesen

Geschöpf specifically implies a created being, often with a religious or philosophical connotation, "a creature of God"; Wesen is more general, "being, entity," and can also mean the essence of something.

kreatur

Geschöpf and Kreatur are close synonyms for "creature"; Kreatur is more neutral and biological, Geschöpf more literary or religious.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

criatura

criatura is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "creature."

Practice

1 What does Geschöpf mean?

2 Fill the gap: Jedes ___ hat ein Recht auf Leben.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Geschöpf?

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