Route

/ˈʁuːtə/

die noun B1

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Routen

Meaning

  1. route

    • Wir nehmen die kürzeste Route.

      We take the shortest route.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

anfahrtsweg

Anfahrtsweg specifically means the route or directions to get to a place; Route is more general.

strecke

Route and Strecke are close synonyms for "route"; Strecke also separately means "distance."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

rota

rota is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "route."

Portuguese

trajeto

trajeto is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "route."

Practice

1 What does Route mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir nehmen die kürzeste ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Route?

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