Polyglot Dictionary

Mehrfamilienhaus

/ˈmeːɐ̯faˌmiːli̯ənˌhaʊ̯s/

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
die Mehrfamilienhäuser

Meaning

  1. apartment building

    Built from mehr (several) + Familie (family) + Haus (house).

    • Wir wohnen in einem Mehrfamilienhaus.

      We live in an apartment building.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • mehr several
  • Familie family
  • Haus house

Practice

1 What does Mehrfamilienhaus mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir wohnen in einem ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Mehrfamilienhaus?

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