Polyglot Dictionary

Gestein

/ɡəˈʃtaɪ̯n/

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 Gesteine

Meaning

  1. rock

    • Das Gestein ist sehr hart.

      The rock is very hard.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

stein

Gestein is more about rock as a geological substance or mass; Stein is more about an individual stone.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

roca

roca is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "rock."

Portuguese

rocha

rocha is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "rock."

Practice

1 What does Gestein mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ ist sehr hart.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gestein?

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