Tankstelle
German
Etymology
From tanken (“tank up, (re)fuel”) + Stelle (“place”), or Tank (“tank”) + Stelle (“place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtaŋkˌʃtɛlə]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Tank‧stel‧le
Noun
Tankstelle f (genitive Tankstelle, plural Tankstellen)
- gas station
- Synonym: (colloquial) Tanke
Declension
Declension of Tankstelle [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Tankstelle | die | Tankstellen |
| genitive | einer | der | Tankstelle | der | Tankstellen |
| dative | einer | der | Tankstelle | den | Tankstellen |
| accusative | eine | die | Tankstelle | die | Tankstellen |
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Elektrotankstelle
- Münztankstelle
- Stromtankstelle
- Tankomat
Derived terms
- Tankstellennetz
- Tankstellenpächter
- Tankstellenshop
Descendants
- → Silesian: tanksztela
- → Polish: tanksztela
Further reading
- Tankstelle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Tankstelle” in Duden online
- “Tankstelle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Tankstelle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon