Polyglot Dictionary

Materie

/maˈteːʁi̯ə/

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

Forms

plural
die Materien

Meaning

  1. matter; subject matter

    • Die Materie ist sehr komplex.

      The subject matter is very complex.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

thematik

Materie can also mean physical matter, alongside "subject matter"; Thematik specifically means the topic or theme of something.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

tema

tema is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "subject matter, topic."

French

matière

matière is the French word for the same thing — both mean "matter, subject."

English

affair

Close — subject matter (Materie) relates to an affair, a matter.

Practice

1 What does Materie mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ ist sehr komplex.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Materie?

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