Polyglot Dictionary

Wohnzimmer

/ˈvoːnˌtsɪmɐ/

das noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Wohnzimmer

Meaning

  1. living room

    Built from wohnen (to live) + Zimmer (room).

    • Das Wohnzimmer ist gemütlich.

      The living room is cosy.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • wohnen to live
  • Zimmer room

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

salón

salón is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "living room."

French

salon

salon is the French word for the same thing — both mean "living room."

Practice

1 What does Wohnzimmer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ ist gemütlich.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Wohnzimmer?

nouncompound

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