Polyglot Dictionary

Illustration

/ɪlʊstʁaˈtsi̯oːn/

die noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Illustrationen

Meaning

  1. illustration

    • Das Buch enthält schöne Illustrationen.

      The book contains beautiful illustrations.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

abbildung

Illustration is more the artistic or graphic sense specifically; Abbildung is more general, and can also mean a diagram or figure in a document.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

ilustración

ilustración is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "illustration."

Portuguese

ilustração

ilustração is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "illustration."

Practice

1 What does Illustration mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Buch enthält schöne ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Illustration?

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