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outdoor pool
A public swimming facility with pools in the open air, usually open only during the warm months.
An heißen Tagen gehen wir oft ins Freibad, um uns abzukühlen.
On hot days, we often go to the outdoor pool to cool off.
'Freibad' (outdoor pool) is made up of 'frei' (free/open) and 'Bad' (bath/pool). In this context, 'frei' means 'im Freien' (outdoors) or 'unter freiem Himmel' (in the open air), so it refers to a swimming pool that is not inside a building.
Bei gutem Wetter ist das Freibad immer voll.
When the weather is good, the outdoor pool is always full.
Pay attention to the prepositions: you go 'ins Freibad' (to the outdoor pool; accusative for direction), but you are or swim 'im Freibad' (at/in the outdoor pool; dative for location).
Lass uns morgen ins Freibad gehen!
Let's go to the outdoor pool tomorrow!
The word 'Freibad' (outdoor pool) is inseparably linked with summer and warm weather. It is used almost exclusively when talking about leisure activities in the warm season.
Sobald die Temperaturen steigen, öffnet das Freibad.
As soon as the temperatures rise, the outdoor pool opens.
swimming pool
Das Schwimmbad is the general term for a facility with swimming pools and can be indoors or outdoors. Das Freibad specifically refers to a swimming pool under the open sky. When the outdoor location is important, Freibad is more precise.
Im Urlaub suchen wir ein Freibad, weil wir draußen schwimmen möchten.
While on vacation, we are looking for an outdoor pool because we want to swim outside.
Im Urlaub suchen wir ein Schwimmbad, wobei uns drinnen oder draußen beides recht ist.
While on vacation, we are looking for a swimming pool, and either indoors or outdoors is fine with us.
