Polyglot Dictionary

Knochenbruch

/ˈknɔxn̩ˌbʁʊx/

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
Knochenbrüche

Meaning

  1. bone fracture

    Built from Knochen (bone) + Bruch (break).

    • Er erlitt einen Knochenbruch.

      He suffered a fracture.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Knochen bone
  • Bruch break

Similar words

fraktur

Fraktur and Knochenbruch are close synonyms for "bone fracture," largely interchangeable; Fraktur also separately names a Gothic blackletter typeface.

Practice

1 What does Knochenbruch mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er erlitt einen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Knochenbruch?

nouncompound

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