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Streifenwagen

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Noun

der Streifenwagen

Pronunciation: /ˈʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩ˌvaːɡn̩/

police car (vehicle used by a police officer)

C2 rank #9,711 plural Streifenwagen

Meanings

Noun
  1. police car (vehicle used by a police officer)

Example sentence

Wie viele Streifenwagen haben Sie gesehen?

How many patrol cars did you see?

Word forms

singular der Streifenwagen
plural die Streifenwagen

The four cases

Singular

Nominativeder Streifenwagen
Accusativeden Streifenwagen
Dativedem Streifenwagen
Genitivedes Streifenwagens

Plural

Nominativedie Streifenwagen
Accusativedie Streifenwagen
Dativeden Streifenwagen
Genitiveder Streifenwagen

Usage

  • ein Streifenwagen hält an — A police patrol car stops.
  • Streifenwagen / Krankenwagen — A police vehicle versus an ambulance.
Extra sentence

Im Krimi wartet ein Streifenwagen vor dem verlassenen Haus.

In the crime novel, a patrol car waits outside the abandoned house.