Polyglot Dictionary

Inselgruppe

/ˈɪnzl̩ˌɡʁʊpə/

die 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
Inselgruppen

Meaning

  1. archipelago

    Built from Insel (island) + Gruppe (group).

    • Sie besuchten eine Inselgruppe.

      They visited an archipelago.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Insel island
  • Gruppe group

Similar words

Archipel

Near-total synonyms for "archipelago"; Archipel is the more formal, geographic term, Inselgruppe is the plain descriptive German word, literally "island group."

Similar in other languages

French

archipel

archipel is the French word for the same thing — both mean "archipelago."

Portuguese

arquipélago

arquipélago is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "archipelago."

Practice

1 What does Inselgruppe mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie besuchten eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Inselgruppe?

nouncompound

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