Polyglot Dictionary

Weltkarte

/ˈvɛltˌkaʁtə/

die 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

Forms

plural
Weltkarten

Meaning

  1. world map

    Built from Welt (world) + Karte (map).

    • An der Wand hängt eine Weltkarte.

      A world map hangs on the wall.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Welt world
  • Karte map

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

mapamundi

mapamundi is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "world map."

Portuguese

mapa mundi

mapa mundi is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "world map."

Practice

1 What does Weltkarte mean?

2 Fill the gap: An der Wand hängt eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Weltkarte?

nouncompound

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