noun
cloakroom
B1
Garderobe (die) means 'cloakroom' (place to leave coats) and can also mean 'wardrobe/closet' or 'collection of clothes'. Noun with plural Garderoben. Declension: die Garderobe (singular), die Garderoben (plural). Common collocations: an der Garderobe abgeben (leave coats). Gender feminine. Used in formal and everyday contexts.
Examples
Die Gäste hängten ihre Mäntel an die Garderobe, nachdem sie angekommen waren.
The guests hung their coats in the cloakroom after they had arrived.
Die Garderobe im Flur ist voller Mäntel.
The cloakroom in the hallway is full of coats.
Ich gehe in die Garderobe.
I'm going to the cloakroom.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a row of coats hanging on a rack right inside the entrance — that's the garderobe.
Sounds a bit like 'guard robe' — imagine a guard's coat in a cloakroom.
Die Garderobe — feminine (die). Imagine a lady (she) hanging her coat on the rack.
Notes
Garderobe can mean a cloakroom (public place to hang coats) or a wardrobe (piece of furniture) depending on context. In public buildings it often means cloakroom/coat check.