Polyglot Dictionary

Zahnbürste

/ˈtsaːnˌbʏrstə/

die 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 Zahnbürsten

Meaning

  1. toothbrush

    • Wo ist meine Zahnbürste?

      Where is my toothbrush?

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Zahn tooth
  • Bürste brush

Similar words

Haarbürste

Same pattern, different body part: Haarbürste (Haar "hair" + Bürste) is a hairbrush. German builds a whole family of tools this way — whatever needs brushing goes in front of -bürste.

Similar in other languages

French

brosse-à-dents

brosse-à-dents is the French word for the same thing — both mean "toothbrush."

Practice

1 What does Zahnbürste mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wo ist meine ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Zahnbürste?

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