Polyglot Dictionary

Weltall

/ˈvɛltˌʔal/

das noun B1

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. universe

    Built from Welt (world) + All (space).

    • Der Astronaut fliegt ins Weltall.

      The astronaut flies into space.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Welt world
  • All space

Similar words

universum

Weltall is more native German, focused on physical space; Universum is a more scientific or philosophical loanword, "universe."

Similar in other languages

French

univers

univers is the French word for the same thing — both mean "universe."

Portuguese

universo

universo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "universe."

Practice

1 What does Weltall mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Astronaut fliegt ins ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Weltall?

nouncompound

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