Polyglot Dictionary

Nachspeise

/ˈnaːxˌʃpaɪ̯zə/

die noun B1

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
Nachspeisen

Meaning

  1. dessert

    Built from nach (after) + Speise (dish).

    • Als Nachspeise gab es Eis.

      For dessert there was ice cream.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • nach after
  • Speise dish

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

dessert

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

Portuguese

sobremesa

sobremesa is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "dessert."

Practice

1 What does Nachspeise mean?

2 Fill the gap: Als ___ gab es Eis.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Nachspeise?

nouncompound

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