Polyglot Dictionary

Zuckerdose

/ˈtsʊkɐˌdoːzə/

die noun A2

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 Zuckerdosen

Meaning

  1. sugar bowl

    Built from Zucker (sugar) + Dose (tin).

    • Die Zuckerdose steht auf dem Tisch.

      The sugar bowl is on the table.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Made of

  • Zucker sugar
  • Dose tin

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

azucarero

azucarero is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "sugar bowl."

Practice

1 What does Zuckerdose mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ steht auf dem Tisch.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Zuckerdose?

nouncompound

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