Polyglot Dictionary

Zivilisation

/tsivilizaˈtsi̯oːn/

die noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Zivilisationen

Meaning

  1. civilisation

    • Die alte Zivilisation baute große Städte.

      The ancient civilisation built large cities.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Kultur

Often loosely conflated, but distinct: Kultur is a people's shared customs, art, and way of life; Zivilisation is the broader state of having organized society, technology, and infrastructure.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

civilización

civilización is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "civilisation."

Portuguese

civilização

civilização is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "civilisation."

Practice

1 What does Zivilisation mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die alte ___ baute große Städte.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Zivilisation?

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