Polyglot Dictionary

Schneesturm

/ˈʃneːˌʃtʊʁm/

der noun B1

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 Schneestürme

Meaning

  1. snowstorm, blizzard

    Built from Schnee (snow) + Sturm (storm).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Schnee snow
  • Sturm storm

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

ventisca

ventisca is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "snowstorm, blizzard."

English

blizzard

blizzard is the English word for the same thing — both mean "snowstorm, blizzard."

Practice

1 What does Schneesturm mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ein ___ legte den ganzen Verkehr lahm.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schneesturm?

See also

nouncompound

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