Polyglot Dictionary

Kreatur

/kʁeaˈtuːɐ̯/

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
die Kreaturen

Meaning

  1. creature

    • Im Wald lebte eine seltsame Kreatur.

      A strange creature lived in the forest.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Geschöpf

Geschöpf and Kreatur are close synonyms for "creature"; Kreatur is more neutral and biological, Geschöpf more literary or religious.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

criatura

criatura is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "creature."

Practice

1 What does Kreatur mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im Wald lebte eine seltsame ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kreatur?

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