Polyglot Dictionary

Spiegelei

/ˈʃpiːɡl̩ˌʔaɪ̯/

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
Spiegeleier

Meaning

  1. fried egg

    Built from Spiegel (mirror) + Ei (egg).

    • Ich brate ein Spiegelei.

      I fry an egg.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Spiegel mirror
  • Ei egg

Practice

1 What does Spiegelei mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich brate ein ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Spiegelei?

nouncompound

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