Polyglot Dictionary

Stiefmütterchen

/ˈʃtiːfˌmʏtɐçən/

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
Stiefmütterchen

Meaning

  1. pansy

    Built from Stief- (step) + Mutter (mother) + -chen (little).

    • Stiefmütterchen blühen bunt.

      Pansies bloom colourfully.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Stief- step
  • Mutter mother
  • -chen little

Practice

1 What does Stiefmütterchen mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ blühen bunt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Stiefmütterchen?

nouncompound

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