Vocabulary
der
Safe
/seːf/· noun· Pl. die Safes
safe (for money and valuables)
Der Safe (also das Safe) — the small locked box in a hotel room or the big one in an office or bank, where you keep passports, cash and jewellery.
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- Singular
- der Safe
- Plural
- die Safes
- Genitiv
- des Safes
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Safe
safe
Im Hotelzimmer gibt es einen kleinen Safe, in dem man Wertsachen lassen kann.
There is a small safe in the hotel room where you can leave valuables.
Word family
Safeder Hotelsafehotel safeder Zimmersafein-room safeder Wandsafewall safeder Safeknackersafecracker
Common combinations
- etwas in den Safe legento put something in the safe
- den Safe öffnento open the safe
- einen Safe knackento crack a safe
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Common learner mistakes
- [ˈzaːfə][seːf]Safe is an English loanword and is pronounced like English "safe"; the plural is die Safes.
Real examples
- Lass die Pässe im Safe, wenn wir nachher an den Strand gehen.Leave the passports in the safe when we go to the beach later.
- Weil ich den Code vergessen hatte, musste die Rezeption den Safe öffnen.Because I had forgotten the code, reception had to open the safe.
- Die Einbrecher wollten den Safe im Büro knacken, aber sie haben es nicht geschafft.The burglars wanted to crack the safe in the office, but they didn't manage it.
