Polyglot Dictionary

Vorzimmer

/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌtsɪmɐ/

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
Vorzimmer

Meaning

  1. anteroom

    Built from vor (front) + Zimmer (room).

    • Sie wartete im Vorzimmer.

      She waited in the anteroom.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • vor front
  • Zimmer room

Similar words

Saal

Close — both are rooms within a building, a hall vs an antechamber.

Similar in other languages

English

foyer

foyer is the English word for the same thing — both mean "anteroom."

French

hall

Close — an anteroom relates to a lobby/hall.

Practice

1 What does Vorzimmer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie wartete im ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Vorzimmer?

nouncompound

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