Vokabahn

Cockpit

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Noun

das Cockpit

cockpit (in aviation, the area from which the pilot and co-pilot steer the aircraft)

C1 rank #6,672 plural Cockpits

Meanings

Noun
  1. cockpit (in aviation, the area from which the pilot and co-pilot steer the aircraft)
  2. cockpit (in cars, the front area with the driver's and front passenger's seats)

Example sentence

Rauch füllte das Cockpit.

Smoke filled the cockpit.

Word forms

singular das Cockpit
plural die Cockpits

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedas Cockpit
Accusativedas Cockpit
Dativedem Cockpit
Genitivedes Cockpits

Plural

Nominativedie Cockpits
Accusativedie Cockpits
Dativeden Cockpits
Genitiveder Cockpits

Usage

  • im Cockpit sitzen — sit in the cockpit; im combines in + dem
  • Cockpit / Kabine — the pilots' control area / the passenger cabin; different aircraft spaces
Extra sentence

Im Museum konnten die Besucher in das Cockpit des alten Flugzeugs schauen.

At the museum, visitors could look into the old aircraft's cockpit.