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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Feuer

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈfɔɪ̯ɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fuego/ˈfwe.ɣo/
nounCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #850 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Feuer spendet an kalten Tagen Wärme."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Combustion or burning, producing light, heat, and flame.

    "The campers gathered around the warm fire at night."
  2. 2

    A strong feeling of passion, enthusiasm, or intensity.

    "She spoke about her artistic vision with great fire."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin focus, meaning hearth or fireplace, which shifted in Vulgar Latin to mean fire. It entered Old Spanish as fuego, preserving the characteristic diphthongization of the stressed short 'o' from Latin.

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