Polyglot Dictionary

Tropenholz

/ˈtʁoːpənˌhɔlts/

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 General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Tropenhölzer

Meaning

  1. tropical wood

    Built from Tropen (tropics) + Holz (wood).

    • Der Tisch ist aus Tropenholz.

      The table is made of tropical wood.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Made of

  • Tropen tropics
  • Holz wood

Practice

1 What does Tropenholz mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Tisch ist aus ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Tropenholz?

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