Polyglot Dictionary

Kruste

/ˈkʁʊstə/

die 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
Krusten

Meaning

  1. crust

    • Das Brot hat eine knusprige Kruste.

      The bread has a crispy crust.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

rinde

Kruste means "crust," like on bread; Rinde primarily means tree bark or cheese rind, but also has a "crust" sense.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

crosta

crosta is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "crust."

Practice

1 What does Kruste mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Brot hat eine knusprige ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kruste?

noun

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