Polyglot Dictionary

Haartrockner

/ˈhaːɐ̯ˌtʁɔknɐ/

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
Haartrockner

Meaning

  1. hairdryer

    Built from Haar (hair) + Trockner (dryer).

    • Der Haartrockner ist kaputt.

      The hairdryer is broken.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Haar hair
  • Trockner dryer

Similar words

Föhn

Föhn is a genericized trademark, like "Kleenex," for "hairdryer"; Haartrockner is the generic term.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

secador

secador is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hairdryer."

Practice

1 What does Haartrockner mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ ist kaputt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Haartrockner?

nouncompound

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