Polyglot Dictionary

Windmühle

/ˈvɪntˌmyːlə/

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
Windmühlen

Meaning

  1. windmill

    Built from Wind (wind) + Mühle (mill).

    • Die Windmühle dreht sich.

      The windmill turns.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Wind wind
  • Mühle mill

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

moulin à vent

moulin à vent is the French word for the same thing — both mean "windmill."

Practice

1 What does Windmühle mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ dreht sich.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Windmühle?

nouncompound

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