Polyglot Dictionary

Vakuum

/ˈvaːkuʊm/

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
die Vakuen

Meaning

  1. vacuum

    • Im Weltraum herrscht ein Vakuum.

      In space there is a vacuum.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Leere

Close, figuratively — emptiness and a vacuum both describe a void.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

vácuo

vácuo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "vacuum."

Practice

1 What does Vakuum mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im Weltraum herrscht ein ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Vakuum?

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