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entrance hall
The entrance area or corridor in a residential building that leads from the front door to the stairs or the individual apartments. In apartment buildings, it is a shared area.
Bitte stellen Sie keine Fahrräder in den Hausflur, da er als Fluchtweg dient.
Please do not leave bicycles in the entrance hall, as it serves as an escape route.
The word is a simple compound of 'Haus' (house) and 'Flur' (hallway / corridor). It therefore refers to the hallway that belongs to the house or to the apartments in it.
Der Postbote hat die Pakete einfach im Hausflur abgestellt.
The mail carrier simply left the packages in the entrance hall.
Pay attention to the difference between dative and accusative. 'Im Hausflur' (in the entrance hall; dative) describes a location, while 'in den Hausflur' (into the entrance hall; accusative) describes movement into the area.
Die Kinder spielen im Hausflur.
The children are playing in the entrance hall.
In German apartment buildings, the Hausflur (entrance hall) is a shared area. Rules for its use, for example regarding cleaning or what may be left there, are often set out in the house rules.
Laut Hausordnung muss der Hausflur jede Woche von einem anderen Mieter gereinigt werden.
According to the house rules, the entrance hall must be cleaned by a different tenant each week.
hallway / course / gear
'der Gang' and 'der Hausflur' can both mean a narrow area in a building that you walk through to get to other rooms. 'der Gang' is more general and can be used in schools, offices, hospitals, or apartments. 'der Hausflur' is more specific: it belongs to a residential building and is usually behind the front door, often with stairs and apartment doors. The words can be confused because a Hausflur is also a kind of Gang. If you specifically mean the area in a residential building, 'Hausflur' is more precise. In other buildings, people are more likely to say 'Gang' or 'Flur'.
Im Hausflur stehen die Fahrräder der Nachbarn.
The neighbors' bicycles are in the entrance hall.
Nach der Pause warten die Schüler leise auf dem Gang.
After the break, the students wait quietly in the hallway.