Polyglot Dictionary

Rotation

/ʁotaˈtsi̯oːn/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Rotationen

Meaning

  1. rotation

    • Die Rotation der Erde dauert 24 Stunden.

      The rotation of the Earth takes 24 hours.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

drehung

Drehung and Rotation are close synonyms for "rotation, turn," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

rotación

rotación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "rotation."

Practice

1 What does Rotation mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ der Erde dauert 24 Stunden.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Rotation?

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