Polyglot Dictionary

Wahrheit

/ˈvaːɐ̯haɪ̯t/

die noun A2

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 Wahrheiten

Meaning

  1. truth

    Built from wahr (true) + the abstract-noun suffix -heit.

    • Sie sagte ihm die Wahrheit.

      She told him the truth.

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • wahr true

Similar words

Genauigkeit

Close, figuratively — accuracy and truth are closely related concepts.

Similar in other languages

French

vérité

vérité is the French word for the same thing — both mean "truth."

Portuguese

verdade

verdade is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "truth."

Practice

1 What does Wahrheit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie sagte ihm die ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Wahrheit?

See also

nouncompoundcore-vocabulary

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