Polyglot Dictionary

Linguistik

/lɪŋˈɡu̯ɪstɪk/

die 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. linguistics

    • Sie studiert Linguistik.

      She studies linguistics.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Philologie

Often confused academic fields: Philologie studies the history and texts of a specific language or language family; Linguistik is the broader, more modern science of language structure in general.

Similar in other languages

French

linguistique

linguistique is the French word for the same thing — both mean "linguistics."

Portuguese

linguística

linguística is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "linguistics."

Practice

1 What does Linguistik mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie studiert ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Linguistik?

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