Vokabahn

Tower

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Noun

der Tower

control tower (for air traffic)

B2 rank #5,452 plural Tower

Meanings

Noun
  1. control tower (for air traffic)

Example sentence

Der Pilot spricht mit dem Tower.

The pilot is talking to the control tower.

Word forms

singular der Tower
plural die Tower

The four cases

Singular

Nominativeder Tower
Accusativeden Tower
Dativedem Tower
Genitivedes Towers

Plural

Nominativedie Tower
Accusativedie Tower
Dativeden Towern
Genitiveder Tower

Usage

  • mit dem Tower sprechen — talk to the control tower; often means its air-traffic controllers
  • Tower / Turm — airport control tower / the general German word for a tower
Extra sentence

Vom Tower aus beobachteten die Fluglotsen die Startbahn.

From the control tower, the air-traffic controllers watched the runway.