Polyglot Dictionary

Warenhaus

/ˈvaːʁənˌhaʊ̯s/

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
Warenhäuser

Meaning

  1. department store

    Built from Ware (goods) + Haus (house).

    • Im Warenhaus gibt es alles.

      The department store has everything.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Ware goods
  • Haus house

Similar words

kaufhaus

Kaufhaus and Warenhaus are close synonyms for "department store," largely interchangeable.

Practice

1 What does Warenhaus mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im ___ gibt es alles.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Warenhaus?

nouncompound

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