Polyglot Dictionary

Wartesaal

/ˈvaʁtəˌzaːl/

der 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
Wartesäle

Meaning

  1. waiting room

    Built from warten (to wait) + Saal (hall).

    • Im Wartesaal war es voll.

      The waiting room was full.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • warten to wait
  • Saal hall

Similar words

wartezimmer

Wartesaal is more for train stations or public buildings; Wartezimmer specifically means a doctor's waiting room.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

antesala

antesala is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "waiting room."

French

salle d'attente

salle d'attente is the French word for the same thing — both mean "waiting room."

Practice

1 What does Wartesaal mean?

2 Fill the gap: Im ___ war es voll.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Wartesaal?

nouncompound

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