Polyglot Dictionary

Herausforderung

/hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌfɔʁdəʁʊŋ/

die noun B2

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 Herausforderungen

Meaning

  1. challenge

    Built from heraus (out) + fordern (to demand) + -ung (-ing).

    • Das ist eine große Herausforderung.

      That is a great challenge.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • heraus out
  • fordern to demand
  • -ung -ing

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

desafio

desafio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "challenge."

Practice

1 What does Herausforderung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ist eine große ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Herausforderung?

nouncompound

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