Polyglot Dictionary

Gift

/ɡɪft/

das noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Negative

Forms

plural
die Gifte

Meaning

  1. poison

    A false friend — this is NOT the English word "gift" (present); for that, use Geschenk.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

veneno

veneno is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "poison."

Practice

1 What does Gift mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Schlange spritzte ihr ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gift?

See also

nounfalse-friend

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