Polyglot Dictionary

Hautarzt

/ˈhaʊ̯tˌʔaʁtst/

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
Hautärzte

Meaning

  1. dermatologist

    Built from Haut (skin) + Arzt (doctor).

    • Ich gehe zum Hautarzt.

      I am going to the dermatologist.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Haut skin
  • Arzt doctor

Similar words

Dermatologe

Hautarzt is the everyday German word, literally "skin doctor"; Dermatologe is the more formal, medical Latinate term.

Similar in other languages

French

dermatologue

dermatologue is the French word for the same thing — both mean "dermatologist."

Portuguese

dermatologista

dermatologista is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "dermatologist."

Practice

1 What does Hautarzt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich gehe zum ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hautarzt?

nouncompound

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