Polyglot Dictionary

Trümmer

/ˈtʁʏmɐ/

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

Meaning

  1. rubble

    • Die Stadt lag in Trümmern.

      The city lay in ruins.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

schutt

Trümmer often implies wreckage from destruction, like a war or disaster, and is usually plural; Schutt is more general construction debris.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

escombros

escombros is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "rubble."

Portuguese

entulho

entulho is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "rubble."

Practice

1 What does Trümmer mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches Trümmer?

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