Polyglot Dictionary

Nachbar

/ˈnaːxbaːɐ̯/

der noun A1

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

Forms

plural
die Nachbarn

Meaning

  1. neighbour

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Mitbewohner

A Mitbewohner ("co-dweller") shares the same home with you — a roommate or flatmate. A Nachbar lives in a separate home nearby.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

vizinho

vizinho is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "neighbour."

Practice

1 What does Nachbar mean?

2 Fill the gap: Mein ___ ist sehr freundlich.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Nachbar?

Usage notes

Looks like it might split into nah ("near") + something, and historically it does — Old High German nāhgibūr, "near-dweller." But -gibūr isn't a recognisable word in modern German, so this entry treats Nachbar the same way as aufhören: a word whose pieces have drifted too far to usefully show as a breakdown.

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