Polyglot Dictionary

Luftschiff

/ˈlʊftˌʃɪf/

das 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
Luftschiffe

Meaning

  1. airship

    Built from Luft (air) + Schiff (ship).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Luft air
  • Schiff ship

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

dirigible

dirigible is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "airship."

Portuguese

dirigível

dirigível is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "airship."

Practice

1 What does Luftschiff mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ schwebte über der Stadt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Luftschiff?

nouncompound

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