Polyglot Dictionary

Redewendung

/ˈʁeːdəˌvɛndʊŋ/

die 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 Redewendungen

Meaning

  1. idiom, expression

    • „Das ist mir Wurst“ ist eine Redewendung.

      "Das ist mir Wurst" is an idiom.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Phrase

Redewendung is specifically a fixed idiom or figure of speech; Phrase is the more general word for any phrase (and can also mean an empty, clichéd remark).

Similar in other languages

English

dialect

Close — an idiom, expression relates to a dialect.

Practice

1 What does Redewendung mean?

2 Fill the gap: „Das ist mir Wurst“ ist eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Redewendung?

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