Polyglot Dictionary

Schlepptau

/ˈʃlɛpˌtaʊ̯/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Schlepptaue

Meaning

  1. tow rope, towline

    Built from schleppen (to drag, tow) + Tau (rope); idiom "jemanden ins Schlepptau nehmen" = to take someone in tow.

    • Er nahm seinen kleinen Bruder ins Schlepptau.

      He took his little brother in tow.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Practice

1 What does Schlepptau mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er nahm seinen kleinen Bruder ins ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schlepptau?

See also

nouncompound

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