guesthouse
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guesthouse
A building or part of a building used to accommodate guests. It may be private accommodation, a small guesthouse, or a company's facility for visitors.
Für die Konferenzteilnehmer wurden Zimmer im Gästehaus der Universität reserviert.
Rooms were reserved in the university guesthouse for the conference participants.
'Gästehaus' (guesthouse) consists of the plural word 'Gäste' (guests) and the word 'Haus' (house). So the meaning is very direct: a house for guests.
Unsere Firma hat ein eigenes Gästehaus für Besucher aus dem Ausland.
Our company has its own guesthouse for visitors from abroad.
Pay attention to the prepositions: 'ins Gästehaus' (into the guesthouse, accusative) describes movement there, while 'im Gästehaus' (in the guesthouse, dative) describes staying at that place.
Die Besucher werden nach ihrer Ankunft ins Gästehaus gebracht.
The visitors are taken to the guesthouse after their arrival.
Typical verbs used with 'Gästehaus' (guesthouse) are 'in einem Gästehaus übernachten' (to stay overnight in a guesthouse), 'wohnen' (to live/stay), or 'untergebracht sein' (to be accommodated).
Wir waren während unseres Urlaubs in einem gemütlichen Gästehaus untergebracht.
We were accommodated in a cozy guesthouse during our vacation.
guesthouse / pension
Pension and Gästehaus both provide guests with accommodation. A Pension is a small accommodation business that offers rooms and usually breakfast as well. Gästehaus is a more general term for a building for visitors and may be privately owned or belong to a company; it can also be run like a small Pension.
Während des Besuchs wohnen wir im privaten Gästehaus unserer Freunde.
During our visit, we’re staying in our friends’ private guesthouse.
Im Urlaub buchen wir eine kleine Pension, in der morgens Frühstück angeboten wird.
On vacation, we’re booking a small guesthouse that offers breakfast in the morning.
