Polyglot Dictionary

Weihnachten

/ˈvaɪ̯naxtn̩/

das noun A1

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

Meaning

  1. Christmas

    Grammatically singular but historically plural in origin; used mostly without an article, like a name.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

noël

noël is the French word for the same thing — both mean "Christmas."

Portuguese

natal

natal is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "Christmas."

Practice

1 What does Weihnachten mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir feiern ___ bei den Großeltern.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Weihnachten?

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