Polyglot Dictionary

Sehenswürdigkeit

/ˈzeːənsˌvʏʁdɪçkaɪ̯t/

die noun B1

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
die Sehenswürdigkeiten

Meaning

  1. tourist attraction, sight (worth seeing)

    • Der Kölner Dom ist eine berühmte Sehenswürdigkeit.

      Cologne Cathedral is a famous tourist attraction.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • sehenswürdig worth seeing
    • sehen to see
    • würdig worthy

Similar words

Attraktion

Attraktion (loanword: attraction) covers anything that draws visitors, including purely entertainment-driven ones like a roller coaster. Sehenswürdigkeit implies something historically or culturally significant — a landmark, not just a thrill.

Practice

1 What does Sehenswürdigkeit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Kölner Dom ist eine berühmte ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Sehenswürdigkeit?

Usage notes

The ending -keit turns the adjective sehenswürdig ("worth seeing") into a noun — it isn't a word on its own, so it isn't shown as its own component above, only as the suffix that completes the pattern.

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