rätselhaft
/ˈʁɛːtsl̩haft/
adjective
B2
der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
Similar words
rätselhaft means mysterious in a puzzling, hard-to-explain sense, like a riddle; geheimnisvoll means mysterious in an alluring, secretive sense.
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
misterioso is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "mysterious."
Practice
1 What does rätselhaft mean?
mysterious
2 Which fingerprint chart matches rätselhaft?
rätselhaft: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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