noun
grill, barbecue, BBQ
B1
Grill (der) refers to a grill, barbecue, or BBQ appliance/event used for grilling food. It can mean the device or the social barbecue gathering. Plural is Grills. Regular masculine noun. Related verb: grillen. No special preposition. Common in cooking and leisure vocabulary.
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Wir stellen den Grill in den Garten und machen heute Abend Würstchen.
We put the grill in the garden and are grilling sausages tonight.
Ich habe einen Grill.
I have a grill.
Der Nachbar kaufte einen Grill, den er am Samstag aufstellte, damit die Familie grillen konnte.
The neighbor bought a grill that he set up on Saturday so that the family could barbecue.
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picture a sizzling BBQ with the word 'Grill' on a banner
sounds like English 'grill' (same spelling and meaning)
many animate/man-made objects ending in -l are masculine in German (der Grill) — think 'der Grill' like 'der Stuhl'
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Common household/outdoor appliance; plural 'Grills' is typical in colloquial use.