Polyglot Dictionary

Tool

/tuːl/

das 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 Technology Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Tools

Meaning

  1. tool (software)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

werkzeug

Tool is more modern and tech-specific, like a software tool; Werkzeug is the more general word for a physical tool.

Practice

1 What does Tool mean?

2 Fill the gap: Dieses ___ hilft bei der Arbeit.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Tool?

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