tent camp
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tent camp
A camp or site where several tents are set up for a group of people, often as part of an organized event such as a holiday camp for children or a festival.
Die Pfadfinder verbringen die erste Ferienwoche im Zeltlager am See.
The scouts are spending the first week of the holidays at the tent camp by the lake.
The word is a clear compound of 'das Zelt' (the tent) and 'das Lager' (the camp). So it literally describes a camp that consists of tents.
Hinter dem Festivalgelände befindet sich ein riesiges Zeltlager.
Behind the festival grounds there is a huge tent camp.
To express movement to a place, you use 'ins Zeltlager' (to the tent camp; accusative). To describe being at this place, you use 'im Zeltlager' (at/in the tent camp; dative).
Nächste Woche fahren wir mit der Jugendgruppe ins Zeltlager.
Next week we are going to the tent camp with the youth group.
Common verbs in connection with 'Zeltlager' (tent camp) are 'ein Zeltlager aufschlagen' or 'errichten' (to set up a tent camp) and 'im Zeltlager übernachten' (to spend the night in a tent camp).
Die Gruppe schlug ihr Zeltlager in der Nähe eines Flusses auf.
The group set up their tent camp near a river.
warehouse / camp
'das Lager' and 'das Zeltlager' can both mean a place where people live simply for a certain time. However, 'das Lager' is much more general. It can be a place with simple shelters, but it can also be a place for goods or appear in other meanings. 'das Zeltlager' is more specific: several tents are set up there, often for children, young people, groups, or at a festival. Learners may confuse the words because a Zeltlager is a kind of Lager. If tents really matter, 'Zeltlager' is more natural and more precise.
Im Sommer fährt die Jugendgruppe für eine Woche in ein Zeltlager am See.
In the summer, the youth group is going to a tent camp by the lake for a week.
Nach dem Sturm schliefen viele Familien in einem einfachen Lager am Rand der Stadt.
After the storm, many families slept in a simple camp on the edge of the city.