German word

Pflaster

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈpflastɐ/

Meaning

  • neuter nounadhesive bandage

Example

Er braucht ein Pflaster für die Wunde.

He needs an adhesive bandage for the wound.

Illustration for Pflaster (adhesive bandage)

More examples

Nach der OP klebte er ein steriles Pflaster auf die Naht.

After the operation, he stuck a sterile adhesive bandage over the suture.

Core concept

A small patch laid over a damaged surface, either skin or a street.

Common phrases

  • ein Pflaster auf die Wunde kleben

    stick an adhesive bandage on the wound

  • ein steriles Pflaster

    a sterile adhesive bandage

  • Pflaster entfernen

    remove an adhesive bandage

Similar words

Heftpflaster: A strip-like adhesive dressing placed directly over a wound.
Pflasterverband: A wound dressing combining a pad with adhesive tape for protection.
Wundauflage: A pad placed over a wound to absorb fluid from it.
Mullbinde: A thin gauze bandage wrapped around a wound to keep its dressing secure.

Definition in German

Ein einzelnes klebendes Verbandstück aus Stoff oder Kunststoff zur schnellen Versorgung von Schnitt- oder Schürfwunden.

Word origin

Pflaster comes through Middle High German pflaster from Old French plastre and Latin emplastrum, a substance spread over a surface.

Usage tips

  • Pflaster is neuter, and its plural is also Pflaster; context distinguishes a bandage from paving or cobblestones.

Other meanings

  • pavingnoun
  • cobblestonenoun

Related words

  • Pflasterverbandadhesive bandage dressingnoun
  • Pflastersteinpaving stonenoun
  • pflasternpaveverb

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