Polyglot Dictionary

herb

/hɛʁp/

adjective B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. tart, harsh

    • Der Wein schmeckt herb.

      The wine tastes tart.

Similar words

scharf

Easy to mix up as flavor words: herb is a tart, dry taste (dark chocolate, dry wine); scharf is spicy-hot (chili). Both can loosely translate English "sharp (tasting)," but they describe opposite kinds of intensity.

Similar in other languages

English

tangy

Close — tart, harsh relates to tangy.

Spanish

desapacible

Close — tart, harsh relates to unpleasant (desapacible).

Practice

1 What does herb mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Wein schmeckt ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches herb?

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