Polyglot Dictionary

Segelboot

/ˈzeːɡl̩ˌboːt/

das 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
Segelboote

Meaning

  1. sailing boat

    Built from Segel (sail) + Boot (boat).

    • Das Segelboot fährt über den See.

      The sailing boat crosses the lake.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Segel sail
  • Boot boat

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

velero

velero is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "sailing boat."

Practice

1 What does Segelboot mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ fährt über den See.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Segelboot?

nouncompound

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