Polyglot Dictionary

Maßnahme

/ˈmaːsˌnaːmə/

die 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
die Maßnahmen

Meaning

  1. measure

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Schritt

Close, figuratively — a measure taken is often called "a step."

Messung

Easily confused due to the shared "Maß-/Mess-" root: Messung is a measurement (the act of measuring); Maßnahme is a measure (an action taken).

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

fita métrica

Close, figuratively — a measure relates to a measuring tape.

Practice

1 What does Maßnahme mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Regierung ergriff neue ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Maßnahme?

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