Polyglot Dictionary

Lied

/liːt/

das noun A1

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 Lieder

Meaning

  1. song

    • Sie sang ein trauriges Lied.

      She sang a sad song.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

song

Lied is more traditional and native, like a folk song or art song; Song is the modern English loanword, like a pop song.

Similar in other languages

French

chanson

chanson is the French word for the same thing — both mean "song."

Portuguese

canção

canção is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "song."

Practice

1 What does Lied mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie sang ein trauriges ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Lied?

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