Polyglot Dictionary

Zuschauer

/ˈtsuːʃaʊ̯ɐ/

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 General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Zuschauer
feminine
die Zuschauerin

Meaning

  1. spectator, viewer

    Built from zuschauen (to watch, to look on).

    • Tausende Zuschauer verfolgten das Spiel.

      Thousands of spectators watched the game.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Zeuge

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

Spanish

telespectador

Close — a spectator/viewer relates to a TV viewer.

English

witness

Close, figuratively — a spectator, viewer relates to a witness.

Practice

1 What does Zuschauer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tausende ___ verfolgten das Spiel.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Zuschauer?

nouncompound

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