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plantation
A large agricultural operation, usually in tropical or subtropical regions, where crops such as coffee, cotton, or bananas are grown in monoculture.
Auf der riesigen Plantage werden Kaffeebohnen für den Export angebaut.
Coffee beans for export are grown on the huge plantation.
The word 'Plantage' (plantation) is very often combined with the crop being grown to form a new word. Common examples are 'Kaffeeplantage' (coffee plantation), 'Teeplantage' (tea plantation), 'Bananenplantage' (banana plantation), or 'Baumwollplantage' (cotton plantation).
Er hat auf einer Kaffeeplantage in Kolumbien gearbeitet.
He worked on a coffee plantation in Colombia.
'Plantage' (plantation) is used almost exclusively for large agricultural operations in tropical or subtropical regions. You would normally not refer to a large apple farm in Germany as a 'Plantage' (plantation).
Die Kakaobohnen für diese Schokolade stammen von einer Plantage in Westafrika.
The cocoa beans for this chocolate come from a plantation in West Africa.
When describing the location, you use the preposition 'auf'. You work 'auf einer Plantage' (on a plantation), or something is grown 'auf einer Plantage' (on a plantation).
Die Arbeitsbedingungen auf den Plantagen sind oft sehr hart.
Working conditions on the plantations are often very harsh.
farm
Both words can refer to a larger agricultural operation. “Farm” is more general and can involve animals or various crops, while “Plantage” usually refers to a tropical or subtropical operation growing a particular crop on a large scale. Choose “Plantage” for this specialized form of crop cultivation and otherwise generally use “Farm”.
Auf der Plantage in Brasilien werden Bananen in großen gleichartigen Feldern angebaut.
Bananas are grown in large, uniform fields on the plantation in Brazil.
Auf der Farm in Brasilien werden Kaffee, Mais und Rinder miteinander verbunden.
Coffee, corn, and cattle are raised together on the farm in Brazil.
