Polyglot Dictionary

Zeuge

/ˈtsɔɪ̯ɡə/

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 Legal Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Zeugen

Meaning

  1. witness

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Zuschauer

Worth distinguishing: Zuschauer is a spectator who watches something voluntarily (sports, theater); Zeuge is a witness, someone who saw an event happen, often unintentionally.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

testemunha

testemunha is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "witness."

Practice

1 What does Zeuge mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ sah den Unfall.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Zeuge?

noun

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