Polyglot Dictionary

Gewerkschaft

/ɡəˈvɛʁkʃaft/

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

Forms

plural
die Gewerkschaften

Meaning

  1. trade union

    • Die Gewerkschaft fordert höhere Löhne.

      The union demands higher wages.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Collective

Similar words

Union

Gewerkschaft is specifically a labor/trade union; Union is the broader word for any political or economic alliance.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

sindicato

sindicato is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "trade union."

Practice

1 What does Gewerkschaft mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ fordert höhere Löhne.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gewerkschaft?

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