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The German word for match is
Streichholz





match

Plural

The plural of Streichholz is Streichhölzer.

German Definition


match
     Spiel, Wettspiel
     Streichholz, Zündholz
     übereinstimmen, passen

Translations for match and their definitions

Spiel ©
     n. a game (instance or way of playing)
     n. gameplay, the experience or act of playing
          im Spiel - at play
     n. (figurative) leeway; wiggle room
          Der Personaler sagte mir, beim Gehalt sei noch Spiel nach oben. - The HR guy told me there was some leeway for a higher salary.
     n. (mechanics) backlash; lash; play; slack
     n. (Swiss) military band, marching band
     v. singular imperative of spielen


Streichholz ©
     n. match (device to make fire)


übereinstimmen
     v. to coincide, match, correspond, accord
     v. to concur, agree
     v. to harmonize


Wettspiel


Zündholz
     n. (Austria, Bavaria, Switzerland) match (device to make fire)


passen
     v. (with dative) to fit
     v. (with dative) to suit, to be suitable
     v. to go with (correspond or fit well with, to match)
     v. (card games) to pass


Wettkampf
     n. contest (competition)


Hölzchen
     n-n. match (device to make fire)
     n-n. diminutive of Holz


Match
     n. (sports) match
     n. (online dating) match


ebenbürtig
     adj. (literally) of equal birth, coequal
          Sie fand keinen ebenbürtigen Ehemann. - She did not find a husband of equal birth.
     adj. (figurative, now much more usual) on a par, equal, coequal
          Nur der Sieg über einen ebenbürtigen Gegner ist ein ehrenvoller Sieg - The only laudable victory is the victory over an adversary of equal quality
          Keine ebenbürtigen Nachfolger sind an ihre Stelle getreten - No equal successors have taken her place


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