Polyglot Dictionary

Schuhputzer

/ˈʃuːˌpʊtsɐ/

der 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
Schuhputzer

Meaning

  1. shoeshine

    Built from Schuh (shoe) + Putzer (cleaner).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Schuh shoe
  • Putzer cleaner

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

limpiabotas

limpiabotas is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "shoeshine."

Practice

1 What does Schuhputzer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ polierte seine Schuhe.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schuhputzer?

nouncompound

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