Polyglot Dictionary

Streichholzschachtel

/ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çhɔltsˌʃaxtl̩/

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
Streichholzschachteln

Meaning

  1. matchbox

    Built from Streichholz (match) + Schachtel (box).

    • Die Streichholzschachtel ist leer.

      The matchbox is empty.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Streichholz match
  • Schachtel box

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

fosforera

fosforera is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "matchbox."

Practice

1 What does Streichholzschachtel mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ ist leer.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Streichholzschachtel?

nouncompound

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