Polyglot Dictionary

Überraschung

/yːbɐˈʁaʃʊŋ/

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 Überraschungen

Meaning

  1. surprise

    The noun form of überraschen (to surprise).

    • Das war eine schöne Überraschung.

      That was a nice surprise.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

surpresa

surpresa is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "surprise."

Practice

1 What does Überraschung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das war eine schöne ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Überraschung?

See also

noun

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