noun
swimming pool, public pool
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Means 'swimming pool' (often public pool) and refers to indoor or outdoor pools. It’s a neuter noun: das Schwimmbad. Plural is Schwimmbäder (irregular umlaut). Use regular German noun declension (das Schwimmbad, die Schwimmbäder). No special preposition. Common term in everyday German; often used with entry fee (Eintritt) or opening hours.
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Das städtische Schwimmbad hat ein Sportbecken und ein Kinderbecken.
The municipal pool has a lap pool and a children's pool.
Die Eltern fuhren mit den Kindern ins Schwimmbad, obwohl das Wetter kühl war.
The parents took the children to the swimming pool, although the weather was cool.
Im Sommer gehen wir oft ins Schwimmbad.
In summer we often go to the swimming pool.
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Picture a large pool with a sign 'Schwimmbad' and people swimming.
Sounds like 'swim + bad' — a place for swimming.
das Schwimmbad — neuter 'das' like a pool sign (neutral object).
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Compound of schwimmen (to swim) + Bad (bath/pool). Plural has umlaut: Schwimmbäder.