Polyglot Dictionary

Löschpapier

/ˈlœʃpaˌpiːɐ̯/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. blotting paper

    Built from löschen (to blot) + Papier (paper).

    • Er tupfte die Tinte mit Löschpapier ab.

      He blotted the ink with blotting paper.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • löschen to blot
  • Papier paper

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

mata-borrão

mata-borrão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "blotting paper."

Practice

1 What does Löschpapier mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er tupfte die Tinte mit ___ ab.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Löschpapier?

nouncompound

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