Polyglot Dictionary

Taubenschlag

/ˈtaʊ̯bn̩ˌʃlaːk/

der 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
Taubenschläge

Meaning

  1. dovecote

    Built from Taube (pigeon) + Schlag (loft).

    • Bei ihnen geht es zu wie im Taubenschlag.

      It is like Piccadilly Circus at their place.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Taube pigeon
  • Schlag loft

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

palomar

palomar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "dovecote."

Practice

1 What does Taubenschlag mean?

2 Fill the gap: Bei ihnen geht es zu wie im ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Taubenschlag?

nouncompound

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