rose garden
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rose garden
A garden or part of a garden that is specially laid out for planting and caring for roses.
Im Sommer besuchen viele Touristen den berühmten Rosengarten der Stadt.
In summer, many tourists visit the city's famous rose garden.
The word is a typical German compound. It is made up of 'die Rose' (rose, plural 'Rosen') and 'der Garten' (garden). So the meaning is literally 'a garden full of roses'.
Hinter dem Haus legte sie einen wunderschönen Rosengarten an.
Behind the house, she laid out a beautiful rose garden.
The two meanings are very easy to distinguish. In normal usage, it almost always means the garden with flowers (m01). The mythical meaning (m02) occurs only in specific contexts such as literature, history, or the study of legends.
Der Duft im Rosengarten war überwältigend.
The fragrance in the rose garden was overwhelming.
With a real rose garden, you associate activities like 'anlegen' (to lay out), 'pflegen' (to care for), or 'spazieren gehen' (to go for a walk) in it. The 'Blüte' (bloom) of the roses or the 'Duft' (fragrance) in the garden is also often mentioned.
Am Sonntagnachmittag spazieren wir gerne durch den Rosengarten im Park.
On Sunday afternoons, we like to stroll through the rose garden in the park.