noun
taxi, cab
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Taxi (das) means 'taxi' or 'cab'. A neuter noun referring to a hired car service. Plural is 'Taxis' (adds -s). Genitive 'des Taxis'. Common collocations: 'mit dem Taxi' (by taxi) and 'ins Taxi steigen' (get into a taxi). Borrowed, regular declension.
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Wir nehmen ein Taxi zum Bahnhof.
We'll take a taxi to the train station.
Weil es schon spät war, nahm der Mann ein Taxi, damit er pünktlich nach Hause kam.
Because it was already late, the man took a taxi so that he arrived home on time.
Wir nehmen ein Taxi zum Flughafen.
We're taking a taxi to the airport.
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Imagine a yellow cab waiting at the curb
Same as English 'taxi' → easy to remember
das — picture the taxi with a neutral sign 'DAS TAXI' to remember the neuter article
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Both das Taxi and sometimes der Taxi occur in dialect; das Taxi is the standard. Plural often Taxis.