Reeperbahn
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Reeperbahn f (genitive Reeperbahn, plural Reeperbahnen)
- (Northern Germany, nautical) ropewalk
- Synonym: Seilerbahn
Declension
Declension of Reeperbahn
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Reeperbahn | die | Reeperbahnen |
| genitive | einer | der | Reeperbahn | der | Reeperbahnen |
| dative | einer | der | Reeperbahn | den | Reeperbahnen |
| accusative | eine | die | Reeperbahn | die | Reeperbahnen |
Alternative forms
Proper noun
die Reeperbahn f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Reeperbahn)
- A street and entertainment district in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg, Germany
- Synonym: Kiez
- 1912, Ralph Arthur Roberts (lyrics and music), “Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins”:
- Langsam bummel ich ganz alleine / Die Reeperbahn nach der Freiheit ’rauf / Treff ich eine recht blonde, recht feine / Die gabel ich mir auf
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Reeperbahn
Further reading
- “Reeperbahn” in Duden online
Reepschläger on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- Reeperbahn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
