Polyglot Dictionary

Rückgrat

/ˈʁʏkɡʁaːt/

das noun B2

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
die Rückgrate

Meaning

  1. spine, backbone

    Built from Rücken (back) + Grat (ridge).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

English

backbone

backbone is the English word for the same thing — both mean "spine, backbone."

Practice

1 What does Rückgrat mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Sturz verletzte sein ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Rückgrat?

See also

nouncompound

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