Vokabahn

Playboy

Vokabahn
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Noun

der Playboy

playboy (a single man who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure)

C1 rank #8,628 plural Playboys

Meanings

Noun
  1. playboy (a single man who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure)

Example sentence

Er sieht wie ein Playboy aus.

He looks like a playboy.

Word forms

singular der Playboy
plural die Playboys

The four cases

Singular

Nominativeder Playboy
Accusativeden Playboy
Dativedem Playboy
Genitivedes Playboys

Plural

Nominativedie Playboys
Accusativedie Playboys
Dativeden Playboys
Genitiveder Playboys

Usage

  • als Playboy gelten — be regarded as a playboy; a lifestyle label
  • der Playboy / die Playboys — man devoted to pleasure and leisure; masculine borrowing with plural -s
Extra sentence

Im Film spielt er einen reichen Playboy, der jede Nacht auf Partys geht.

In the film, he plays a wealthy playboy who goes to parties every night.