Polyglot Dictionary

Schlafsack

/ˈʃlaːfˌzak/

der 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

Forms

plural
die Schlafsäcke

Meaning

  1. sleeping bag

    Built from Schlaf (sleep) + Sack (sack).

    • Sie krochen in ihre Schlafsäcke.

      They crawled into their sleeping bags.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Schlaf sleep
  • Sack sack

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

sac de couchage

sac de couchage is the French word for the same thing — both mean "sleeping bag."

Practice

1 What does Schlafsack mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie krochen in ihre ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schlafsack?

See also

nouncompound

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