Polyglot Dictionary

Sprungbrett

/ˈʃpʁʊŋˌbʁɛt/

das noun B2

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
Sprungbretter

Meaning

  1. springboard

    Built from Sprung (jump) + Brett (board).

    • Der Job war ein Sprungbrett für seine Karriere.

      The job was a springboard for his career.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Sprung jump
  • Brett board

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

trampolín

trampolín is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "springboard."

Practice

1 What does Sprungbrett mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Job war ein ___ für seine Karriere.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Sprungbrett?

nouncompound

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