Polyglot Dictionary

Hals

/hals/

der noun A1

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 Neutral

Forms

plural
die Hälse

Meaning

  1. neck; throat

    • Sie trug eine Kette um den Hals.

      She wore a necklace around her neck.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

kehle

Hals also means "neck" more broadly; Kehle specifically means the throat, the inner passage — both can mean "throat."

Practice

1 What does Hals mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie trug eine Kette um den ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hals?

See also

noun

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