Polyglot Dictionary

Treibhaus

/ˈtʁaɪ̯pˌhaʊ̯s/

das 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
Treibhäuser

Meaning

  1. greenhouse

    Built from treiben (to force) + Haus (house).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • treiben to force
  • Haus house

Similar words

Gewächshaus

Gewächshaus and Treibhaus are close synonyms for "greenhouse"; Gewächshaus is more common for a garden greenhouse, Treibhaus leans toward forcing plant growth, as in "Treibhauseffekt," the greenhouse effect.

Similar in other languages

French

serre

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

Portuguese

estufa

estufa is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "greenhouse."

Practice

1 What does Treibhaus mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im ___ wachsen Tomaten.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Treibhaus?

nouncompound

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