Föld

OHWAD-Basic words

 

Föld

 

Meaning:

earth, soil, ground

 

Pronunciation:

 

Example sentences:

Egyre több ember él a földön.

More-and-more human live the earth-on.

The are more and more people living on earth.

 

Még nedves a virágok földje, úgyhogy nem kell locsolni.

Still humid the flowers’s soil, so-that not need to-water,

The soil of the flowers is still wet so there’s no need to water them.

 

Leesett a földre a telefonom és összetört a kijelzője.

Down-fell the ground-onto the phone-my and together-broke the display-its.

My phone fell on the ground and its display broke.

 

Related terms:

earth

bolygó – planet

földönkívüli – alien, extraterrestrial

földrész / kontinens – continent

kerek – round

népesség – population

univerzum – universe

űr – space

világ – world

 

soil & ground

ás – to dig

barna – brown

földréteg – stratum

gyökér – root

nedves – humid, wet

padló – another word for ground, but only in buildings (the ground of a flat or a house or a room)

plafon – roof

száraz – dry

temet – to bury

 

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2 replies
  1. Steven Lytle says:

    “Padló” is ‘floor’, not the ‘ground’ of a flat or a house or a room. Ground is only outside.

    Reply
    • catchbudapest says:

      Szia Steven, thank you for your comment. As a native speaker I have to disagree here – we also use “föld” for the “ground” of a flat, not only for outside. “Leesett a földre.” (It fell to the ground) for example can be both in- and outside.
      All the best,
      Juli

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