Noun
das Automobil
Pronunciation: /aʊ̯tomoˈbiːl/
car (automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver)
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plural Automobile
Meanings
Noun
- car (automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver)
Example sentence
Heute haben Automobile die Pferde als Haupttransportmittel abgelöst.
Today, automobiles have taken the place of horses as the principal means of transportation.
Word forms
singular
das Automobil
plural
die Automobile
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Automobil
Accusativedas Automobil
Dativedem Automobil
Genitivedes Automobils
Plural
Nominativedie Automobile
Accusativedie Automobile
Dativeden Automobilen
Genitiveder Automobile
Usage
- ein historisches Automobil — A historic car; Automobil is more formal than Auto.
- Automobil / Auto — The full word and its usual shortened form.
Das Automobil aus den dreißiger Jahren stand in einer eigenen Halle.
The car from the nineteen-thirties was in a hall of its own.