motorhome / RV
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motorhome / RV
A motor vehicle that is equipped with living facilities such as beds, a kitchen, and often also a toilet. It is used for travel and camping.
Sie haben ihr Haus verkauft und reisen jetzt mit dem Wohnmobil durch Europa.
They sold their house and now travel through Europe in a motorhome.
The word is a combination of 'wohnen' (to live/reside) and 'mobil' (mobile). So it logically describes a vehicle that is mobile and in which one can live.
Im Sommer wollen wir uns ein Wohnmobil für eine Reise nach Skandinavien mieten.
In the summer, we want to rent a motorhome for a trip to Scandinavia.
A 'Wohnmobil' (motorhome/RV) is a vehicle for travel. It is not the same as the English 'mobile home', which describes a stationary prefabricated home. Such a house is called 'Mobilheim' in German.
Sie parkten ihr Wohnmobil auf einem Campingplatz am See.
They parked their motorhome at a campsite by the lake.
Pay attention to the difference in prepositions: You travel 'mit dem Wohnmobil' (by/in the motorhome), but you sleep, eat, or live 'im Wohnmobil' (in the motorhome).
Wir sind mit dem Wohnmobil durch ganz Italien gefahren.
We traveled through all of Italy in the motorhome.
caravan / travel trailer
'Wohnwagen' and 'Wohnmobil' are both vehicles or accommodations for travel and camping. You can sleep in both, and often cook in them too. The important difference is: a 'Wohnwagen' is a trailer and needs a car to tow it. A 'Wohnmobil' is its own motor vehicle with an engine. The words are easy to confuse because both are used in similar ways. A practical way to remember it: you attach the Wohnwagen to the car; with the Wohnmobil, you drive it yourself.
Mit dem Wohnmobil fahren wir im Sommer durch Süddeutschland.
We are traveling through southern Germany in the motorhome this summer.
Auf dem Campingplatz stellten sie den Wohnwagen neben einen kleinen See.
At the campsite, they parked the caravan next to a small lake.