das Garagentor
garage door
A large door that closes off the entrance to a garage.
EXAMPLE
Sie öffnete das Garagentor und fuhr das Auto in die Garage.
She opened the garage door and drove the car into the garage.
das Garagentor
garage door
das Garagentor, die Garagentore
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Meanings
Forms
Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry Garagentor, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
| gender | neuter das |
|---|---|
| plural | die Garagentore |
| genitive | des Garagentores |
The four cases
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | das Garagentor | die Garagentore |
| accusative | das Garagentor | die Garagentore |
| dative | dem Garagentor | den Garagentoren |
| genitive | des Garagentores des Garagentors | der Garagentore |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
Usage tips
Compound nouns
'Garagentor' (garage door) is made up of 'Garage' (garage) and 'Tor' (gate/door). The base word 'Tor' refers here to the movable closure of an entrance.
EXAMPLE
Das neue Garagentor passt genau zur Fassade des Hauses.
The new garage door matches the façade of the house perfectly.
Typical collocations
The verbs 'öffnen' (to open), 'schließen' (to close), 'aufmachen' (to open), and 'zumachen' (to close) are particularly common with 'Garagentor' (garage door). 'Das Garagentor bedienen' (to operate the garage door) is also a common collocation.
EXAMPLE
Bitte schließe das Garagentor, bevor du ins Haus gehst.
Please close the garage door before you go into the house.
Describing positions
To describe a position in front of the garage, the preposition 'vor' (in front of) is often used with the dative. Movements through the door are often described with 'durch' (through) and the accusative.
EXAMPLE
Das Fahrrad steht vor dem Garagentor.
The bicycle is standing in front of the garage door.
Wir fuhren vorsichtig durch das Garagentor.
We drove carefully through the garage door.
In real life
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