Polyglot Dictionary

Teilnehmer

/ˈtaɪ̯lˌneːmɐ/

der noun B1

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 Teilnehmer

Meaning

  1. participant

    Built from teilnehmen (to take part) via Teil (part) + nehmen (to take).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Spielerin

Spielerin is specifically a (female) player in a game; Teilnehmer is the general word for a participant in anything.

Similar in other languages

French

participant

participant is the French word for the same thing — both mean "participant."

Practice

1 What does Teilnehmer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Über hundert ___ kamen zum Wettbewerb.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Teilnehmer?

See also

nouncompound

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