Polyglot Dictionary

Witwe

/ˈvɪtvə/

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 Witwen

Meaning

  1. widow

    • Die Witwe lebt allein im Haus.

      The widow lives alone in the house.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

veuve

veuve is the French word for the same thing — both mean "widow."

Portuguese

viúva

viúva is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "widow."

Practice

1 What does Witwe mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ lebt allein im Haus.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Witwe?

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