Polyglot Dictionary

Zimmer

/ˈtsɪmɐ/

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 (same form)
die Zimmer

Meaning

  1. room

    The general word behind Kinderzimmer and Schlafzimmer — any room in a home.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Raum

Zimmer specifically means a room in a home; Raum is broader — any room or space, including abstract space, and sounds more formal.

Similar in other languages

French

pièce

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

Practice

1 What does Zimmer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Mein ___ ist klein, aber gemütlich.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Zimmer?

See also

nouncore-vocabularyhome

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