Polyglot Dictionary

Urgroßvater

/ˈuːɐ̯ɡʁoːsˌfaːtɐ/

der noun A2

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 Urgroßväter

Meaning

  1. great-grandfather

    • Mein Urgroßvater war Bauer.

      My great-grandfather was a farmer.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

bisabuelo

bisabuelo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "great-grandfather."

Portuguese

bisavô

bisavô is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "great-grandfather."

Practice

1 What does Urgroßvater mean?

2 Fill the gap: Mein ___ war Bauer.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Urgroßvater?

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