Polyglot Dictionary

Stemmeisen

/ˈʃtɛmˌʔaɪ̯zn̩/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Stemmeisen

Meaning

  1. chisel

    Built from stemmen (chisel) + Eisen (iron).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • stemmen chisel
  • Eisen iron

Similar words

Meißel

Stemmeisen specifically means a heavy-duty chisel for woodworking or mortising; Meißel is the general word, which also covers stone chisels.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

cinzel

cinzel is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "chisel."

Portuguese

formão

formão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "chisel."

Practice

1 What does Stemmeisen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er arbeitet mit dem ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Stemmeisen?

nouncompound

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