Polyglot Dictionary

Schießpulver

/ˈʃiːsˌpʊlfɐ/

das 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

Meaning

  1. gunpowder

    Built from schießen (to shoot) + Pulver (powder).

    • Die Chinesen erfanden das Schießpulver.

      The Chinese invented gunpowder.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • schießen to shoot
  • Pulver powder

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

pólvora

pólvora is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "gunpowder."

Practice

1 What does Schießpulver mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Chinesen erfanden das ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schießpulver?

nouncompound

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