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German
Etymology
Bedürfnis + Anstalt
Noun
Bedürfnisanstalt f (genitive Bedürfnisanstalt, plural Bedürfnisanstalten)
- (officialese) public toilet
1942, Stefan Zweig, Die Welt von Gestern [The World of Yesterday]:[…] zwei junge Burschen hörte ich im besten Cockney spotten, man werde hoffentlich aus diesen Unterständen unterirdische Bedürfnisanstalten machen, es gebe ja deren in London nicht genug.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Bedürfnisanstalt
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