Polyglot Dictionary

Schwein

/ʃvaɪ̯n/

das noun A1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Schweine

Meaning

  1. pig

    Also colloquially "Schwein haben" (to be lucky).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

porco

porco is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pig."

Portuguese

suíno

suíno is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pig."

Practice

1 What does Schwein mean?

2 Fill the gap: Auf dem Bauernhof leben mehrere ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schwein?

See also

nouncore-vocabulary

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