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bathroom
A room in an apartment or house that is equipped with a shower, a bathtub, a sink, and often a toilet, and is used for personal hygiene.
Ich gehe kurz ins Bad, um mir die Hände zu waschen.
I'm just going to the bathroom quickly to wash my hands.
The noun 'das Bad' (bathroom/bath) is derived directly from the verb 'baden' (to bathe). This connection helps you understand all the meanings, which revolve around washing or swimming.
Nachdem wir im See gebadet hatten, war uns wieder warm.
After we had bathed in the lake, we were warm again.
The plural 'die Bäder' refers always to rooms or public facilities. The pure act of bathing (meaning 2) has no plural.
Unsere neue Wohnung hat zwei Bäder.
Our new apartment has two bathrooms.
When referring to the room, the preposition 'in' is crucial. Use 'ins Bad' (into the bathroom, accusative) for movement toward it and 'im Bad' (in the bathroom, dative) for position or an action inside it.
Kann ich kurz in dein Bad gehen?
Can I quickly use your bathroom?
To express the act of bathing, you almost always use the fixed expression 'ein Bad nehmen' (to take a bath). This is more natural than other formulations.
An kalten Winterabenden nehme ich gerne ein entspannendes Bad.
On cold winter evenings, I like to take a relaxing bath.
When 'Bad' means a public facility, it often appears in compounds such as 'Schwimmbad' (swimming pool), 'Freibad' (outdoor pool), or 'Heilbad' (spa/health resort). Adjectives like 'öffentlich' (public) also point to this meaning.
Das Heilbad in dieser Stadt ist für seine warmen Quellen bekannt.
The spa in this city is known for its warm springs.
shower
'das Bad' and 'die Dusche' are both connected with personal hygiene and water. 'das Bad' can mean the whole room, that is, the bathroom. It can also mean bathing in a bathtub or in a body of water. 'die Dusche' is either the fixture in the bathroom or the act of standing under a stream of water to wash. Learners confuse the words because a shower is often located in the bathroom. In practice: for the room, say 'Bad'; for a quick wash under water, say 'Dusche'.
Das Bad ist noch besetzt, weil Anna sich die Haare wäscht.
The bathroom is still occupied because Anna is washing her hair.
Nach dem Training war eine warme Dusche genau richtig.
After training, a warm shower was just right.