Vokabahn

Helling

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Noun

die Helling

slipway

C2 rank #12,670 plural Hellingen

Meanings

Noun
  1. slipway

Example sentence

Das neue Schiff steht noch auf der Helling.

The new ship is still on the slipway.

Word forms

singular die Helling
plural die Hellingen

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedie Helling
Accusativedie Helling
Dativeder Helling
Genitiveder Helling

Plural

Nominativedie Hellingen
Accusativedie Hellingen
Dativeden Hellingen
Genitiveder Hellingen

Usage

  • auf der Helling liegen — be on the slipway; shipbuilding vocabulary
  • Helling / Hafen — a building or launching slip / a harbour; different places
Extra sentence

Auf der Helling wurde der hölzerne Rumpf des Bootes repariert.

The boat's wooden hull was repaired on the slipway.