Polyglot Dictionary

Wildschwein

/ˈvɪltˌʃvaɪ̯n/

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

Forms

plural
Wildschweine

Meaning

  1. wild boar

    Built from wild (wild) + Schwein (pig).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • wild wild
  • Schwein pig

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

sanglier

sanglier is the French word for the same thing — both mean "wild boar."

Portuguese

javali

javali is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "wild boar."

Practice

1 What does Wildschwein mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ein ___ lief über die Straße.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Wildschwein?

nouncompound

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