Insel

island

noun IN-zel Common

Origin: from Latin insula

Usage Note

Insel is feminine (die Insel) with plural Inseln. It shares its Latin root with English 'insular' and 'peninsula', and survives in the compound Halbinsel ('peninsula', literally a half-island). For a traffic island Germans say Verkehrsinsel.

Examples

"Wir fahren auf eine Insel."

Natural Translation

We're travelling to an island.

Literal Translation

We travel onto an island.

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