Kehle

/ˈkeːlə/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Kehlen

Meaning

  1. throat

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

hals

Hals also means "neck" more broadly; Kehle specifically means the throat, the inner passage — both can mean "throat."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

garganta

garganta is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "throat."

Spanish

gaznate

gaznate is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "throat."

Portuguese

garganta

garganta is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "throat."

Practice

1 What does Kehle mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er hat Schmerzen in der ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kehle?

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