Polyglot Dictionary

Kleingarten

/ˈklaɪ̯nˌɡaʁtn̩/

der 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 Kleingärten

Meaning

  1. allotment

    Built from klein (small) + Garten (garden).

    • Sie haben einen Kleingarten.

      They have an allotment.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • klein small
  • Garten garden

Similar words

schrebergarten

Schrebergarten is a specific German cultural institution of allotment gardens, named after Schreber; Kleingarten is the general, legal or administrative term for the same thing.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

asignación

Close — an allotment relates to an allocation.

Practice

1 What does Kleingarten mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie haben einen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kleingarten?

nouncompound

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