Polyglot Dictionary

Schiffbruch

/ˈʃɪfˌbʁʊx/

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
die Schiffbrüche

Meaning

  1. shipwreck

    • Er erlitt Schiffbruch.

      He was shipwrecked.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

naufrage

naufrage is the French word for the same thing — both mean "shipwreck."

Portuguese

naufrágio

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

Practice

1 What does Schiffbruch mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er erlitt ___.

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