Vogelhäuschen

/ˈfoːɡl̩ˌhɔɪ̯sçən/

das noun B1

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
Vogelhäuschen

Meaning

  1. bird feeder

    Built from Vogel (bird) + Haus (house) + -chen (little).

    • Im Vogelhäuschen sind Körner.

      There are seeds in the bird feeder.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: animate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • Vogel bird
  • Haus house
  • -chen little

Similar words

Futterhäuschen

Vogelhäuschen is the more common, intuitive term for a bird feeder, literally "little bird house"; Futterhäuschen emphasizes the feeding function specifically, "little feed house."

Similar in other languages

French

mangeoire

Close — a bird feeder relates to a feeder.

Practice

1 What does Vogelhäuschen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im ___ sind Körner.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Vogelhäuschen?

nouncompound

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