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jacket
A piece of clothing for the upper body with sleeves, usually worn over other clothing to protect yourself from cold, wind, or rain. Jackets are typically worn outdoors.
Zieh dir eine Jacke an, es ist kühl draußen.
Put on a jacket; it's cool outside.
In connection with clothing, 'die Jacke' (the jacket) is often used with the verbs 'anziehen' (to put on), 'ausziehen' (to take off), 'anhaben' (to have on), or 'tragen' (to wear).
Es wird kalt, du solltest eine Jacke anziehen.
It's getting cold; you should put on a jacket.
'Jacke' (jacket) is a common base word for many compound nouns that describe a specific type of jacket. Examples include 'Regenjacke' (rain jacket), 'Winterjacke' (winter jacket), or 'Lederjacke' (leather jacket).
Vergiss deine Regenjacke nicht, es soll später regnen.
Don't forget your rain jacket; it's supposed to rain later.
The idiom has a fixed structure: 'etwas ist jemandem Jacke wie Hose' (something is all the same to someone). The person who does not care is in the dative case.
Ob wir heute Pizza oder Pasta essen, ist mir völlig Jacke wie Hose.
Whether we eat pizza or pasta today is completely all the same to me.
The idiom 'Jacke wie Hose' (all the same) is easy to recognize because it always appears in this fixed combination. In all other cases, 'Jacke' (jacket) refers to the piece of clothing.
Mir ist es Jacke wie Hose, ob wir den frühen oder späten Zug nehmen.
It's all the same to me whether we take the early or late train.
coat
'die Jacke' and 'der Mantel' are both items of clothing with sleeves that you wear over other clothes, often against cold, wind, or rain. The most important difference is the length, and often also the style. A jacket is usually shorter and ends around the hips or waist. A coat is longer and often reaches the thighs, knees, or even lower. Learners may confuse the words because both are worn outside. For everyday life, sports, or in-between weather, people often say 'Jacke'; for a long, warmer, or more elegant item of clothing, 'Mantel' is more precise.
Bei dem Wind nimmt Lisa lieber ihre warme Jacke mit.
With this wind, Lisa would rather take her warm jacket with her.
Am Morgen hängt Herr Schneider seinen langen Mantel an die Garderobe.
In the morning, Mr. Schneider hangs his long coat on the coat rack.