noun
guesthouse
B1
Meaning: 'guesthouse' — small hotel or boarding house (la pensión). Noun: die Pension. Plural Pensionen (regular -en). Declines regularly: die Pension, der Pension, der Pension, die Pensionen. Note: In German 'Pension' can also refer to a retirement pension, context decides meaning.
Examples
Wir übernachten in einer kleinen Pension am Meer.
We're staying at a small guesthouse by the sea.
Die Gäste suchten eine neue Pension, weil die alte Unterkunft renoviert wurde.
The guests looked for a new guesthouse because the old accommodation was being renovated.
Wir haben eine kleine Pension am Meer gebucht.
We booked a small guesthouse by the sea.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a small house with a sign 'Pension' and flower boxes on the windows.
Same word as English 'pension' in some varieties; think small hotel or guesthouse.
die Pension — remember the feminine article 'die' for places like 'die Pension'.
Notes
In German, 'Pension' commonly means a small hotel or guesthouse (not to be confused with 'pension' meaning retirement payment in English). Context determines meaning.