Polyglot Dictionary

Seemann

/ˈzeːˌman/

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
Seeleute

Meaning

  1. sailor

    Built from See (sea) + Mann (man).

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • See sea
  • Mann man

Similar words

matrose

Matrose specifically means a naval rating, an ordinary sailor in the navy or merchant marine; Seemann is the general word for anyone who works at sea.

Similar in other languages

French

marin

marin is the French word for the same thing — both mean "sailor."

Portuguese

marinheiro

marinheiro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "sailor."

Practice

1 What does Seemann mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der alte ___ erzählte Geschichten.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Seemann?

nouncompound

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