Polyglot Dictionary

Wachs

/vaks/

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
Wachse

Meaning

  1. wax

    • Das Wachs der Kerze tropft.

      The candle wax drips.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

cera

cera is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "wax."

Practice

1 What does Wachs mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ der Kerze tropft.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Wachs?

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