Polyglot Dictionary

Hilfsmittel

/ˈhɪlfsˌmɪtl̩/

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 Hilfsmittel

Meaning

  1. aid, tool

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

werkzeug

Werkzeug means a physical "tool"; Hilfsmittel is more general, an "aid" or resource, which can also be non-physical, like a learning aid.

Practice

1 What does Hilfsmittel mean?

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3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hilfsmittel?

noun

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