Vocabulary
die
Flotte
/ˈflɔtə/· noun· Pl. die Flotten
fleet (ships; vehicles, planes)
Die Flotte — the ships of a navy or shipping company, and a company's vehicles: the buses of a transport company, the planes of an airline, the cars of a car-sharing service.
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- Singular
- die Flotte
- Plural
- die Flotten
- Genitiv
- der Flotte
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Flotte
fleet (ships, navy)
Die Flotte der Marine lief zu einer großen Übung aus.
The navy's fleet put to sea for a large exercise.
Word family
Flottedie Fahrzeugflottevehicle fleetdie Firmenflottecompany fleetdie Handelsflottemerchant fleetder Flottenverbandnaval task force
Common combinations
- die Flotte erneuernto renew the fleet
- die Flotte modernisierento modernise the fleet
- eine Flotte vona fleet of
Real examples
- Die Fluggesellschaft will ihre Flotte in den nächsten Jahren um 20 Maschinen erweitern.The airline wants to expand its fleet by 20 aircraft over the next few years.
- Der Lieferdienst hat eine Flotte von Lastenrädern angeschafft, um schneller durch die Stadt zu kommen.The delivery service has bought a fleet of cargo bikes to get through the city faster.
- Weil die Flotte des Carsharing-Anbieters so klein ist, findet man abends oft kein freies Auto.Because the car-sharing provider's fleet is so small, you often can't find a free car in the evening.
