Polyglot Dictionary

Lampenschirm

/ˈlampn̩ˌʃɪʁm/

der 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
Lampenschirme

Meaning

  1. lampshade

    Built from Lampe (lamp) + Schirm (shade).

    • Der Lampenschirm ist gelb.

      The lampshade is yellow.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Lampe lamp
  • Schirm shade

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

abajur

abajur is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "lampshade."

Practice

1 What does Lampenschirm mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ ist gelb.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Lampenschirm?

nouncompound

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