Polyglot Dictionary

Watte

/ˈvatə/

die 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

Meaning

  1. cotton wool

    • Sie tupfte die Wunde mit Watte.

      She dabbed the wound with cotton wool.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

baumwolle

Baumwolle is the raw cotton plant, fiber, or fabric; Watte is the fluffy processed cotton, like cotton wool used for medical purposes.

Similar in other languages

English

cotton

Close — cotton wool is made of cotton.

Practice

1 What does Watte mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie tupfte die Wunde mit ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Watte?

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