Polyglot Dictionary

Wissenschaftler

/ˈvɪsn̩ʃaftlɐ/

der 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
die Wissenschaftler

Meaning

  1. scientist

    Built from Wissenschaft (science) + -ler (person).

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Wissenschaft science
  • -ler person

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

científico

científico is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "scientist."

Portuguese

cientista

cientista is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "scientist."

Practice

1 What does Wissenschaftler mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ forschen an einem Impfstoff.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Wissenschaftler?

nouncompound

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