Polyglot Dictionary

Schranke

/ˈʃʁaŋkə/

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
die Schranken

Meaning

  1. barrier

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

absperrband

Absperrband is a tape barrier, temporary, like police tape; Schranke is a physical barrier or gate, like a railway crossing gate.

sperre

Schranke and Sperre are close synonyms for "barrier"; Sperre also separately means "ban," like a sports suspension.

Similar in other languages

French

barrière

barrière is the French word for the same thing — both mean "barrier."

Portuguese

barreira

barreira is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "barrier."

Practice

1 What does Schranke mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ am Bahnübergang ist unten.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schranke?

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