Polyglot Dictionary

Turmfalke

/ˈtʊʁmˌfalkə/

der 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
Turmfalken

Meaning

  1. kestrel

    Built from Turm (tower) + Falke (falcon).

    • Der Turmfalke rüttelt in der Luft.

      The kestrel hovers in the air.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Turm tower
  • Falke falcon

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

cernícalo

cernícalo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "kestrel."

Practice

1 What does Turmfalke mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ rüttelt in der Luft.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Turmfalke?

nouncompound

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