Polyglot Dictionary

Iltis

/ˈɪltɪs/

der 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
Iltisse

Meaning

  1. polecat

    • Der Iltis stinkt.

      The polecat stinks.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

turón

turón is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "polecat."

French

putois

putois is the French word for the same thing — both mean "polecat."

Practice

1 What does Iltis mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ stinkt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Iltis?

noun

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