Polyglot Dictionary

Kleidung

/ˈklaɪ̯dʊŋ/

die noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. clothing

    Built from kleiden (to dress) + -ung (-ing).

    • Ich kaufe neue Kleidung.

      I'm buying new clothes.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • kleiden to dress
  • -ung -ing

Similar words

Bekleidung

Kleidung is the everyday word for clothing; Bekleidung is more formal or technical, used in retail and industry contexts, like "Bekleidungsgeschäft."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

vestimenta

vestimenta is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "clothing."

Portuguese

vestuário

vestuário is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "clothing."

Practice

1 What does Kleidung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich kaufe neue ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kleidung?

nouncompound

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