Vocabulary
der
Lotse
· noun· Pl. die Lotsen
(ship's) pilot; guide
Ports and rivers like the Elbe: the expert who boards a ship and steers it safely into port. Also in compounds: der Fluglotse (air traffic controller), der Schülerlotse (school crossing patrol).
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Forms
- Singular
- der Lotse
- Plural
- die Lotsen
- Genitiv
- des Lotsen
- feminin
- die Lotsin
- n-declension
- den Lotsen, dem Lotsen, des Lotsen
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Lotse
(ship's) pilot; guide
Ein guter Lotse sagt dem Kapitän, wohin er fahren soll, und lässt ihn dabei glauben, es sei seine eigene Idee gewesen.
A good pilot tells the captain where to go and lets him believe it was his own idea.
Word family
Lotselotsento pilot (a ship); to guide someone somewhereder Fluglotseair traffic controllerdas Lotsenbootpilot boat
Common learner mistakes
- Der Kapitän fragte den Lotse.Der Kapitän fragte den Lotsen.Lotse is a weak (n-) noun: every form except the nominative singular ends in -n.
Real examples
- Ein guter Lotse sagt dem Kapitän, wohin er fahren soll, und lässt ihn dabei glauben, es sei seine eigene Idee gewesen.A good pilot tells the captain where to go and lets him believe it was his own idea.
- Vor der Elbmündung kam ein Lotse an Bord und brachte das Schiff sicher nach Hamburg.Off the mouth of the Elbe a pilot came on board and brought the ship safely to Hamburg.
