Polyglot Dictionary

Herrenhaus

/ˈhɛʁənˌhaʊ̯s/

das 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 Herrenhäuser

Meaning

  1. manor house

    Built from Herr (lord, gentleman) + Haus (house).

    • Das Herrenhaus liegt am See.

      The manor house is by the lake.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Herr lord, gentleman
  • Haus house

Similar words

Gutshof

Close — both describe a manor estate.

Similar in other languages

French

manoir

manoir is the French word for the same thing — both mean "manor house."

Practice

1 What does Herrenhaus mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ liegt am See.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Herrenhaus?

nouncompound

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