Polyglot Dictionary

Handschuh

/ˈhantʃuː/

der 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 Positive

Forms

plural
die Handschuhe
genitive
des Handschuhs

Meaning

  1. glove

    a covering for the hand with a separate sheath for each finger

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Hand hand
  • Schuh shoe

Similar words

Fausthandschuh

A Fausthandschuh (literally "fist-glove") is a mitten. It's built on top of Handschuh itself — Faust (fist) + Handschuh — and keeps all four fingers together in one pocket instead of separating them. Reach for Handschuh by default; Fausthandschuh only when the fingers-together shape actually matters, as with thick winter mittens or small children's gloves.

Similar in other languages

French

gant

gant is the French word for the same thing — both mean "glove."

Portuguese

luva

luva is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "glove."

Practice

1 What does Handschuh mean?

2 Fill the gap: Zieh deine ___ an, es ist kalt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Handschuh?

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