Sehenswürdigkeit

sight

noun ZAY-ens-vuer-dikh-kyt Less Common

Origin: from sehenswürdig (worth seeing)

Also means

tourist attraction

Usage Note

Sehenswürdigkeit is a place worth seeing, literally a worth-seeing-ness. Tourists tour die Sehenswürdigkeiten of a city; the word is long but extremely common in guidebooks and signage.

Examples

"Der Dom ist die bekannteste Sehenswürdigkeit der Stadt."

Natural Translation

The cathedral is the city's most famous sight.

Literal Translation

The cathedral is the best-known sight of-the city.

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