Polyglot Dictionary

Rutschbahn

/ˈʁʊtʃˌbaːn/

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
Rutschbahnen

Meaning

  1. slide

    Built from rutschen (slide) + Bahn (track).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • rutschen slide
  • Bahn track

Similar words

rutsche

Rutschbahn and Rutsche are close synonyms for "slide," like a playground slide, largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

slide

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

Portuguese

tobogã

tobogã is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "slide."

Practice

1 What does Rutschbahn mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Kinder spielen auf der ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Rutschbahn?

nouncompound

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