Polyglot Dictionary

Kegelbahn

/ˈkeːɡl̩ˌbaːn/

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
die Kegelbahnen

Meaning

  1. bowling alley

    Built from Kegel (skittle) + Bahn (track).

    • Wir gehen auf die Kegelbahn.

      We're going to the bowling alley.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Kegel skittle
  • Bahn track

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

bolera

bolera is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "bowling alley."

Practice

1 What does Kegelbahn mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir gehen auf die ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kegelbahn?

nouncompound

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