Polyglot Dictionary

Oberfläche

/ˈoːbɐˌflɛçə/

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
Oberflächen

Meaning

  1. surface

    Built from ober (upper) + Fläche (area).

    • Die Oberfläche ist glatt.

      The surface is smooth.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • ober upper
  • Fläche area

Similar words

Fläche

Fläche is more general, a flat "area" or expanse; Oberfläche is more specifically the outer surface of an object.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

superfície

superfície is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "surface."

Practice

1 What does Oberfläche mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ ist glatt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Oberfläche?

nouncompound

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