noun
toilet
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'Toilette' means 'toilet' or 'restroom/bathroom' (room or fixture). It's feminine: die Toilette, plural Toiletten. Common collocation: 'auf die Toilette gehen' (accusative for movement) and 'auf der Toilette' (location, dative). Synonymous with 'WC' (das WC). Regular declension. Used in public places and polite contexts.
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Entschuldigung, wo ist die nächste Toilette?
Excuse me, where is the nearest restroom?
Wo ist die Toilette, bitte?
Where is the toilet, please?
Während die Gäste noch warteten, reinigte die Reinigungskraft die Toilette.
While the guests were still waiting, the cleaner cleaned the restroom.
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Picture a bathroom sign that says 'Toilette' above the door.
Sounds like English 'toilet'.
Die (feminine) — imagine a ladies' sign that says 'die Toilette'.
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Common word for restroom/bathroom. In public places you may also see 'WC' or 'Toiletten' (plural).