Polyglot Dictionary

Werft

/vɛʁft/

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

Forms

plural
die Werften

Meaning

  1. shipyard

    • Das Schiff wird auf der Werft gebaut.

      The ship is being built at the shipyard.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

astillero

astillero is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "shipyard."

Practice

1 What does Werft mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Schiff wird auf der ___ gebaut.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Werft?

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