Polyglot Dictionary

Reif

/ʁaɪ̯f/

der 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

Meaning

  1. frost, hoarfrost

    • Am Morgen lag Reif auf den Feldern.

      In the morning, frost covered the fields.

  2. ring, hoop, band

    • Sie trug einen goldenen Reif am Arm.

      She wore a gold band on her arm.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

gelée blanche

gelée blanche is the French phrase for the same thing — both mean "hoarfrost."

English

icing

Close, figuratively — frost resembles icing.

Practice

1 What does Reif mean?

2 Fill the gap: Am Morgen lag ___ auf den Feldern.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Reif?

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