noun
hotel
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Hotel means 'hotel'. It’s a neuter noun: das Hotel. Plural: Hotels (adds -s, common for loanwords). Declension follows standard patterns (des Hotels in genitive). Used for lodging; regular article and adjective endings apply. No irregular plural or gender exceptions beyond the -s plural.
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Die Gäste übernachteten im Hotel, obwohl sie zuvor höhere Preise erwartet hatten.
The guests stayed overnight at the hotel, although they had expected higher prices beforehand.
Ich gehe in ein Hotel.
I am going to a hotel.
Wir haben ein Zimmer im Hotel reserviert.
We have reserved a room at the hotel.
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Picture a building with a bright sign 'Hotel' at the entrance
same as English 'hotel'
das Hotel — think of a neutral building (das)
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Often forms plural with -s in German: 'Hotels'.