Polyglot Dictionary

Wörterbuch

/ˈvœʁtɐˌbuːx/

das noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Wörterbücher

Meaning

  1. dictionary

    Literally a "words-book" — about as transparent as compounding gets.

    • Schlag das Wort im Wörterbuch nach.

      Look the word up in the dictionary.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Wörter words (plural of Wort)
  • Buch book

Similar words

Lexikon

A Lexikon more often refers to an encyclopedia — organised by topic or name, with longer explanatory entries. A Wörterbuch is specifically organised by word, for looking up meaning, spelling, or translation.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

diccionario

diccionario is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "dictionary."

Portuguese

dicionário

dicionário is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "dictionary."

Practice

1 What does Wörterbuch mean?

2 Fill the gap: Schlag das Wort im ___ nach.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Wörterbuch?

See also

nouncompoundlanguagemeta

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