Vokabahn

adult

Vokabahn
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Adjective

adult

adult

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Meanings

Adjective
  1. adult

Example sentence

Adulte Tiere haben eine deutlich andere Färbung als Jungtiere.

Adult animals have a markedly different colouring from juveniles.

Usage

  • ein adultes Tier — An adult or fully developed animal; technical biological usage.
  • adult / erwachsen — The technical adjective versus the everyday word, especially for people.
Extra sentence

Die adulten Vögel unterschieden sich deutlich von den Jungtieren.

The adult birds differed markedly from the juveniles.