Polyglot Dictionary

Großonkel

/ˈɡʁoːsˌʔɔŋkl̩/

der noun B1

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 Großonkel

Meaning

  1. great-uncle

    Built from groß (great) + Onkel (uncle).

    • Ihr Großonkel wohnt in München.

      Her great-uncle lives in Munich.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Onkel uncle

Practice

1 What does Großonkel mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ihr ___ wohnt in München.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Großonkel?

See also

nouncompound

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