Polyglot Dictionary

Kniescheibe

/ˈkniːˌʃaɪ̯bə/

die noun B1

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
Kniescheiben

Meaning

  1. kneecap

    Built from Knie (knee) + Scheibe (disc).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Knie knee
  • Scheibe disc

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

rotule

rotule is the French word for the same thing — both mean "kneecap."

Portuguese

rótula

rótula is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "kneecap."

Practice

1 What does Kniescheibe mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er verrenkte sich die ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kniescheibe?

nouncompound

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