apartment door
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apartment door
The entrance door that leads directly into an individual apartment within an apartment building.
Bitte schließ die Wohnungstür immer zweimal ab, wenn du gehst.
Please always double-lock the apartment door when you leave.
The word is made up of 'Wohnung' (apartment), the linking '-s-', and 'Tür' (door). The 's' is a linking sound that makes pronunciation easier.
Der Schlüssel für die Wohnungstür ist rot.
The key for the apartment door is red.
This door is specifically the entrance door to an individual apartment. It separates the private living area from the building's shared stairwell or hallway.
Die Nachbarn unterhielten sich laut vor meiner Wohnungstür.
The neighbors were talking loudly in front of my apartment door.
Common verbs in connection with the apartment door are 'abschließen' (to lock), 'aufschließen' (to unlock), 'zuknallen' (to slam shut), or 'eintreten' (to enter / to kick in). You knock or ring 'an der Wohnungstür' (at the apartment door).
Hast du daran gedacht, die Wohnungstür abzuschließen?
Did you remember to lock the apartment door?
front door
'die Haustür' and 'die Wohnungstür' can easily be confused in an apartment building because both doors are on the way into the apartment. 'Haustür' is the door from outside into the building, for example from the street into the hallway. 'Wohnungstür' is the door from the hallway directly into an individual apartment. In a single-family house, the 'Haustür' is often also the door to your own living area, but in an apartment building the two are clearly different. Remember: first comes the 'Haustür', then the 'Wohnungstür'.
Vor der Wohnungstür steht ein kleiner Schuhschrank.
There is a small shoe cabinet in front of the apartment door.
Das Kind hat geklingelt, weil die Haustür abgeschlossen war.
The child rang the bell because the front door was locked.