Miss

/mɪs/

die noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Misses

Meaning

  1. Miss (title for an unmarried woman, or a beauty-pageant winner)

    • Sie wurde zur Miss Deutschland gewählt.

      She was chosen as Miss Germany.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: person. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: animate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Practice

1 What does Miss mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie wurde zur ___ Deutschland gewählt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Miss?

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