Geschirrtuch

tea towel

noun ge-SHEER-tookh Less Common

Also means

dish towel

Usage Note

Geschirrtuch is neuter, from Geschirr (crockery) and Tuch (cloth). The southern equivalent is Geschirrhandtuch; the plural mutates the u to ü as in Tücher.

Examples

"Trockne die Gläser bitte mit dem sauberen Geschirrtuch ab."

Natural Translation

Please dry the glasses with the clean tea towel.

Literal Translation

Dry the glasses please with the clean tea-towel off.

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