Polyglot Dictionary

Schützengraben

/ˈʃʏtsn̩ˌɡʁaːbn̩/

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

Forms

plural
Schützengräben

Meaning

  1. trench

    Built from Schütze (rifleman) + Graben (ditch).

    • Sie gruben einen Schützengraben.

      They dug a trench.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Schütze rifleman
  • Graben ditch

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

tranchée

tranchée is the French word for the same thing — both mean "trench."

Portuguese

trincheira

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

Practice

1 What does Schützengraben mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie gruben einen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schützengraben?

nouncompound

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