Polyglot Dictionary

Turnschuh

/ˈtʊʁnˌʃuː/

der noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Turnschuhe

Meaning

  1. trainer

    Built from turnen (to do gymnastics) + Schuh (shoe).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • turnen to do gymnastics
  • Schuh shoe

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

amaestrador

amaestrador is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "trainer."

French

dresseur

dresseur is the French word for the same thing — both mean "trainer."

Practice

1 What does Turnschuh mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich trage ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Turnschuh?

nouncompound

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