Garage

noun
garage
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Garage: noun meaning garage, usually a covered place to park a car or private garage; also used for repair shop in some contexts. Feminine: die Garage. Plural: Garagen. Regular declension. Often used with prepositions like in der Garage, in die Garage. Loanword from French/English.

Examples

Das Auto steht in der Garage.
The car is in the garage.
Der Nachbar fuhr das Auto in die Garage, bevor das Unwetter begann.
The neighbor drove the car into the garage before the storm began.
Ich fahre das Auto in die Garage.
I'm driving the car into the garage.

Details

PluralGaragen

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
nominativedie Garagedie Garagen
genitiveder Garageder Garagen
dativeder Garageden Garagen
accusativedie Garagedie Garagen

Mnemonics

πŸ‘οΈPicture a car parked inside a garage with the door closed
πŸ‘‚Looks like English 'garage' β€” pronounced slightly different but same idea
⚧️die (feminine) β€” imagine saying 'die Garage' to remember the gender

Notes

Loanword similar to English. Plural: Garagen.

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