Polyglot Dictionary

Wal

/vaːl/

der 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 Wale

Meaning

  1. whale

    • Der Wal ist das größte Tier der Erde.

      The whale is the largest animal on Earth.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

baleine

baleine is the French word for the same thing — both mean "whale."

Portuguese

baleia

baleia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "whale."

Practice

1 What does Wal mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ ist das größte Tier der Erde.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Wal?

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