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Schwimmbad

· noun· Pl. die Schwimmbäder

swimming pool (the building or place)

Where you go to swim in town. Indoors it is das Hallenbad, outdoors in summer das Freibad.

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das Schwimmbad
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die Schwimmbäder
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des Schwimmbads

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Schwimmbad
swimming pool (the building or place)

Vor dem alten Schwimmbad bleibt er stehen und geht hinein.

He stops in front of the old swimming pool and goes inside.

Word family

Schwimmbaddas Hallenbadindoor swimming pooldas Freibadoutdoor swimming pooldas Schwimmbeckenthe pool itself (the basin of water)

Common combinations

  • ins Schwimmbad gehento go to the swimming pool
  • im Schwimmbad seinto be at the swimming pool

Common learner mistakes

  • der Schwimmbad
    das Schwimmbad
    A compound noun takes the gender of its last part: das Bad → das Schwimmbad.

Real examples

  • Vor dem alten Schwimmbad bleibt er stehen und geht hinein.He stops in front of the old swimming pool and goes inside.
  • Am Samstag gehen wir mit den Kindern ins Schwimmbad.On Saturday we're going to the swimming pool with the children.

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