Polyglot Dictionary

Smog

/smɔk/

der 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

Meaning

  1. smog, air pollution haze

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Usage notes

A loanword from English, used for thick, polluted city air.

Practice

1 What does Smog mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ über der Stadt machte das Atmen schwer.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Smog?

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