Polyglot Dictionary

Kopfsalat

/ˈkɔpfzaˌlaːt/

der 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

Forms

plural
die Kopfsalate

Meaning

  1. lettuce

    Built from Kopf (head) + Salat (salad).

    • Ich wasche den Kopfsalat.

      I wash the lettuce.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Kopf head
  • Salat salad

Similar words

Kohl

Worth distinguishing: Kopfsalat (lettuce) and Kohl (cabbage) are different leafy vegetables often conflated.

Similar in other languages

French

laitue

laitue is the French word for the same thing — both mean "lettuce."

Portuguese

alface

alface is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "lettuce."

Practice

1 What does Kopfsalat mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich wasche den ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kopfsalat?

nouncompound

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