Polyglot Dictionary

Mitternacht

/ˈmɪtɐˌnaxt/

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

Meaning

  1. midnight

    Built from mitten (in the middle of) + Nacht (night).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • mitten in the middle of
  • Nacht night

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

minuit

minuit is the French word for the same thing — both mean "midnight."

Portuguese

meia-noite

meia-noite is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "midnight."

Practice

1 What does Mitternacht mean?

2 Fill the gap: Um ___ schlug die Uhr zwölf Mal.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Mitternacht?

See also

nouncompound

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