mountain bike
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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.
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.
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.
bicycle
'Fahrrad' and 'Mountainbike' both refer to a vehicle with two wheels that you power with your feet. 'Fahrrad' is the general term. A 'Mountainbike' is a specific type of bicycle that is built especially for off-road terrain, forest paths, or rocky trails. The words can be confused because every mountain bike is a bicycle. But not every bicycle is a mountain bike. If the exact type does not matter, you simply say 'Fahrrad'. If it is about sport, off-road terrain, or wide tires, 'Mountainbike' is more precise.
Lena ist am Wochenende mit dem Mountainbike durch den Wald gefahren.
Lena rode her mountain bike through the forest at the weekend.
Ich fahre morgen mit dem Fahrrad zum Arzttermin.
Tomorrow I’m riding my bicycle to my doctor’s appointment.