Polyglot Dictionary

Velo

/ˈveːlo/

das 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
Velos

Meaning

  1. bicycle (Swiss German)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Fahrrad

Standard German everywhere says Fahrrad, but Switzerland says Velo instead (borrowed from French vélo) — a small, reliable marker of Swiss Standard German, much like groß becoming gross.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

bici

bici is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "bicycle."

Practice

1 What does Velo mean?

2 Fill the gap: In der Schweiz sagt man ___ statt Fahrrad.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Velo?

noun

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