Polyglot Dictionary

Scheinwerfer

/ˈʃaɪ̯nˌvɛʁfɐ/

der 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

Forms

plural
Scheinwerfer

Meaning

  1. headlight

    Built from Schein (light) + Werfer (thrower).

    • Ein Scheinwerfer ist defekt.

      A headlight is faulty.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Schein light
  • Werfer thrower

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

phare

phare is the French word for the same thing — both mean "headlight."

Practice

1 What does Scheinwerfer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ein ___ ist defekt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Scheinwerfer?

nouncompound

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