Polyglot Dictionary

Spatz

/ʃpats/

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
die Spatzen

Meaning

  1. sparrow

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

sperling

Spatz is more colloquial or affectionate, "sparrow"; Sperling is more formal or ornithological.

Similar in other languages

French

moineau

moineau is the French word for the same thing — both mean "sparrow."

Portuguese

pardal

pardal is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "sparrow."

Practice

1 What does Spatz mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ein ___ pickt Krümel auf.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Spatz?

noun

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