Polyglot Dictionary

Stimmgabel

/ˈʃtɪmˌɡaːbl̩/

die 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
Stimmgabeln

Meaning

  1. tuning fork

    Built from Stimme (voice) + Gabel (fork).

    • Er stimmt mit der Stimmgabel.

      He tunes with a tuning fork.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Stimme voice
  • Gabel fork

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

diapason

diapason is the French word for the same thing — both mean "tuning fork."

Practice

1 What does Stimmgabel mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er stimmt mit der ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Stimmgabel?

nouncompound

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