Polyglot Dictionary

Kurve

/ˈkʊʁvə/

die 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 Kurven

Meaning

  1. curve, bend (in a road)

    • Das Auto raste um die Kurve.

      The car raced around the curve.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

biegung

Kurve is more specifically a road curve; Biegung is more general, a bend of anything.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

recodo

recodo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "curve, bend."

Practice

1 What does Kurve mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Auto raste um die ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kurve?

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