Polyglot Dictionary

Vierung

/ˈfiːʁʊŋ/

die 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
Vierungen

Meaning

  1. crossing

    • Die Vierung trägt die Kuppel.

      The crossing carries the dome.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

travesía

travesía is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "crossing."

Portuguese

travessia

travessia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "crossing."

Practice

1 What does Vierung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ trägt die Kuppel.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Vierung?

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