indoor swimming pool
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indoor swimming pool
A public swimming pool located inside an enclosed building and therefore usable regardless of the weather.
Im Winter gehen wir jeden Samstag ins Hallenbad schwimmen.
In winter, we go swimming at the indoor pool every Saturday.
The word is a simple compound of 'die Halle' (a large, enclosed building) and 'das Bad' (here in the sense of swimming pool). So it is literally a pool in a hall.
Das neue Hallenbad hat drei verschiedene Becken.
The new indoor swimming pool has three different pools.
Pay attention to the difference with the preposition 'in': you go 'ins Hallenbad' (to the indoor swimming pool; accusative, direction), but you are or swim 'im Hallenbad' (in the indoor swimming pool; dative, location).
Am Nachmittag gehen wir ins Hallenbad.
In the afternoon, we're going to the indoor swimming pool.
Typical verbs and expressions used with 'Hallenbad' (indoor swimming pool) are 'schwimmen gehen' (to go swimming), 'Bahnen ziehen' (to swim laps), or 'einen Schwimmkurs besuchen' (to attend a swimming course).
Mein Sohn besucht jeden Dienstag einen Schwimmkurs im Hallenbad.
My son attends a swimming course at the indoor swimming pool every Tuesday.
swimming pool
Das Schwimmbad is the general term for a facility with swimming pools. Das Hallenbad is more specific and refers to a swimming pool in an enclosed building that can be used regardless of the weather. Hallenbad is the better fit when this covered form is important.
Für den Winterkurs suchen wir ein Hallenbad in der Nähe, damit das Wetter keine Rolle spielt.
For the winter course, we are looking for an indoor swimming pool nearby so that the weather does not matter.
Für den Kurs suchen wir ein Schwimmbad in der Nähe, egal ob es drinnen oder draußen liegt.
For the course, we are looking for a swimming pool nearby, whether it is indoors or outdoors.
