Vocabulary
die
Reserve
/ʁeˈzɛʁvə/· noun· Pl. die Reserven
reserve(s), supply kept back; reserve team; reticence (aus der Reserve locken)
Die Reserve — something kept back for later: money as a reserve, die Reserven of water or energy; in sport the second team; jemanden aus der Reserve locken means to draw someone out.
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- die Reserve
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- die Reserven
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- der Reserve
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Reserve
supply kept back
Für unerwartete Reparaturen sollte man immer eine finanzielle Reserve haben.
You should always have a financial reserve for unexpected repairs.
Word family
Reservedas Reserveradspare wheelder Reservekanisterspare fuel candie Energiereservenenergy reservesreservierento reserve, to bookreserviertreserved; aloof
Common combinations
- eine eiserne Reservean emergency reserve
- in Reserve habento have in reserve
- die letzten Reserven mobilisierento summon one's last reserves
- jemanden aus der Reserve lockento draw someone out
Common learner mistakes
- die Reserve im Restaurantdie Reservierung im RestaurantA booking is die Reservierung; die Reserve is a supply kept back.
Real examples
- Die Wasserwerke bitten die Bürger, Wasser zu sparen, weil die Reserven nach dem trockenen Sommer knapp sind.The waterworks are asking residents to save water because reserves are low after the dry summer.
- Ich habe immer eine Tafel Schokolade als eiserne Reserve in der Schreibtischschublade.I always keep a bar of chocolate in my desk drawer as an emergency reserve.
- Auf den letzten Kilometern des Rennens musste sie ihre allerletzten Reserven mobilisieren.In the last kilometres of the race she had to summon her very last reserves.
