Garage

See also: garage

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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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

Further reading

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