mountain bike
das Mountainbike, die Mountainbikes
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mountain bike
A sturdy bicycle with wide tires and often with suspension, designed especially for riding off-road and on unpaved paths.
Am Wochenende fahre ich mit meinem Mountainbike am liebsten durch den Wald.
On weekends, I like riding my mountain bike through the forest best.
| gender | neuter das |
|---|---|
| plural | die Mountainbikes |
| genitive | des Mountainbikes |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | das Mountainbike | die Mountainbikes |
| accusative | das Mountainbike | die Mountainbikes |
| dative | dem Mountainbike | den Mountainbikes |
| genitive | des Mountainbikes | der Mountainbikes |
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The word 'Mountainbike' (mountain bike) is borrowed directly from English. It is made up of 'Mountain' (mountain) and 'Bike' (bicycle), and therefore literally describes a bicycle for the mountains.
Für Touren im Gebirge brauchst du ein gutes Mountainbike.
For tours in the mountains, you need a good mountain bike.
In connection with 'Mountainbike' (mountain bike), the verbs 'fahren' (to ride) and 'eine Tour machen' (to go on a tour) are often used. People also say that they 'mountainbiken geht' (go mountain biking).
Wir wollen am Samstag eine lange Tour mit den Mountainbikes machen.
We want to go on a long tour with the mountain bikes on Saturday.
Gehst du am Wochenende wieder mountainbiken?
Are you going mountain biking again this weekend?
To describe the means of transportation, you use the preposition 'mit' (with/by) and the dative: 'mit dem Mountainbike' (by mountain bike). To describe the place you are sitting on, you say 'auf dem Mountainbike' (on the mountain bike).
Er fährt jeden Tag mit dem Mountainbike zur Arbeit.
He rides to work by mountain bike every day.
Auf dem Foto sitzt sie lachend auf ihrem neuen Mountainbike.
In the photo, she is sitting on her new mountain bike, laughing.
