Polyglot Dictionary

Holzschuh

/ˈhɔltsˌʃuː/

der 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
Holzschuhe

Meaning

  1. clog

    Built from Holz (wood) + Schuh (shoe).

    • Sie trägt Holzschuhe.

      She wears clogs.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Holz wood
  • Schuh shoe

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

tamanco

tamanco is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "clog."

Practice

1 What does Holzschuh mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie trägt ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Holzschuh?

nouncompound

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