Polyglot Dictionary

Schlangenlinie

/ˈʃlaŋənˌliːni̯ə/

die 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
Schlangenlinien

Meaning

  1. zigzag

    Built from Schlange (snake) + Linie (line).

    • Er fuhr in Schlangenlinien.

      He drove in zigzags.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Schlange snake
  • Linie line

Similar words

zickzack

Schlangenlinie is more curvy, snake-like, "zigzag"; Zickzack is more angular.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

ziguezague

ziguezague is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "zigzag."

Practice

1 What does Schlangenlinie mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er fuhr in ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schlangenlinie?

nouncompound

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