Scheibe

/ˈʃaɪ̯bə/

die noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Scheiben

Meaning

  1. slice

  2. pane (of glass), window

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

Stück

Scheibe is specifically a slice (of bread, cheese); Stück is the general word for a piece of anything.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

fatia

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

Practice

1 What does Scheibe mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie schnitt eine ___ Brot ab.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Scheibe?

See also

nountwo-meanings

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