🇬🇧 English from 🇩🇪 German Alle Wörter
car
/kɑːr/
A1 noun Transport
🇩🇪 German: Auto
Image for car
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Definition

🇬🇧 English
noun

A vehicle with an engine and four wheels, used to carry a small number of passengers on roads.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Countable noun. Plural: cars. Common collocations: drive a car, car park (parking lot), car boot (boot = trunk in American English), by car, company car, used car, car keys.

Cultural Notes

In Britain, people drive on the left side of the road (unlike most of Europe). Cars in the UK have the steering wheel on the right side. 'The car boot sale' is a British event where people sell items from the back of their cars in a car park. Black taxis (hackney carriages) are a symbol of London like the red bus.

Example Sentences

He fixes the car.

"He fixes the car."

🇩🇪 "Er repariert das Auto."

He helps the old man out of the car.

"He helps the old man out of the car."

🇩🇪 "Er hilft dem alten Mann aus dem Auto."

Practice Quiz

1. In Britain, people drive on the ___ side of the road.
2. In British English, the 'boot' of a car is the:

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