Garage

See also: garage

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French garage in the early 1900s.[1] Compare Hunsrik Garaasch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈʁaːʒə/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈʁaːʃə/ (many southern German, Austrian, and Swiss speakers)
  • Rhymes: -aːʒə
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Garage f (genitive Garage, plural Garagen)

  1. garage (building used to store cars, tools, etc.)
  2. car park, parking garage (building, often with multiple storeys, for vehicles to park in)
    Synonym: (more common) Parkhaus

Declension

Declension of Garage [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Garage die Garagen
genitive einer der Garage der Garagen
dative einer der Garage den Garagen
accusative eine die Garage die Garagen

Derived terms

  • Parkgarage

Descendants

  • → Hungarian: garázs

References

  1. ^ “Garage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading

  • “Garage” in Duden online
  • “Garage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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