Polyglot Dictionary

Kurs

/kʊʁs/

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 Kurse

Meaning

  1. course (class); course (direction, e.g. of a ship)

    • Sie besucht einen Kurs in Spanisch.

      She's taking a course in Spanish.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

lehrgang

Lehrgang is a more formal, structured training course; Kurs is more general, and also separately means "course" as in direction, like a ship's course.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

pista

Close — a track relates to a course.

Practice

1 What does Kurs mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie besucht einen ___ in Spanisch.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kurs?

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