Polyglot Dictionary

Sturzflug

/ˈʃtʊʁtsˌfluːk/

der 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
die Sturzflüge

Meaning

  1. nosedive, dive (of a bird or aircraft)

    Built from stürzen (to plunge) + Flug (flight).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Flug flight

Practice

1 What does Sturzflug mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Falke ging in den ___ über.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Sturzflug?

See also

nouncompound

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