Polyglot Dictionary

Schüler

/ˈʃyːlɐ/

der noun A2

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 (same form)
die Schüler
feminine
die Schülerin

Meaning

  1. pupil, student (school-age)

    German keeps school-age Schüler separate from university Student — the two are never interchangeable.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Student

Easy to mix up in English, but distinct in German: Schüler is a school-age pupil; Student specifically means a university student.

Practice

1 What does Schüler mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ lernen für die Prüfung.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schüler?

See also

nouneducation

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