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Eingangshalle
🚪 What does "die Eingangshalle" mean?
Die Eingangshalle (noun, feminine) refers to a large room located directly behind the main entrance of a building. It often serves as a reception, waiting, or distribution area.
- Meaning: Usually a representative room that provides access to other parts of a building (e.g., in hotels, office buildings, theaters, train stations). In English, it translates to entrance hall, lobby, or foyer.
The word is a compound of "Eingang" (entrance) and "Halle" (hall).
Article rules for der, die, and das
-e/-ee → almost always feminine.
There are many -e nouns, many of which are feminine, but there are also some important exceptions.
🧐 Grammar of "die Eingangshalle" in Detail
The word "Eingangshalle" is a feminine noun. The article is "die".
Declension
| Case | Article | Noun |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | die | Eingangshalle |
| Genitive | der | Eingangshalle |
| Dative | der | Eingangshalle |
| Accusative | die | Eingangshalle |
| Case | Article | Noun |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | die | Eingangshallen |
| Genitive | der | Eingangshallen |
| Dative | den | Eingangshallen |
| Accusative | die | Eingangshallen |
Example Sentences
- Die Gäste warteten in der eleganten Eingangshalle des Hotels.
(The guests waited in the elegant entrance hall of the hotel.) - Durch die große Eingangshalle gelangt man zu den Aufzügen.
(Through the large entrance hall, you can get to the elevators.) - Die Eingangshallen moderner Flughäfen sind oft sehr weitläufig.
(The entrance halls of modern airports are often very spacious.)
🗣️ How "Eingangshalle" is used
"Eingangshalle" is used to describe the first large room you find after entering a larger building through the main entrance.
- Typical Contexts: Public buildings (train stations, airports, museums, theaters), large office buildings, hotels, representative residential buildings.
- Function: Often serves as a meeting point, waiting area, for orientation, or as a location for a reception desk (Rezeption).
- Differentiation: An Eingangshalle is generally larger and more representative than a simple Flur (corridor) or Korridor (corridor). It is more specific than the general term Eingangsbereich (entrance area).
🧠 Mnemonics for Eingangshalle
Article Mnemonic: Remember that "die Halle" (the hall) is feminine in German. Since Eingangshalle ends with Halle, it takes the feminine article die.
Meaning Mnemonic: Think: Where do you go in? At the Eingang (entrance). What large room are you often in after entering? A Halle (hall). Put them together: Eingang + Halle = Eingangshalle (entrance hall).
↔️ Synonyms and Antonyms
Synonyms (similar meaning):
- Das Foyer: Often used for theaters or cinemas, similar to an entrance hall.
- Die Lobby: Commonly used in hotels, equivalent to the entrance hall.
- Das Vestibül: A somewhat more formal term for an anteroom or entrance hall (vestibule).
- Der Empfangsbereich: Emphasizes the reception function (reception area).
😂 A Little Joke
Warum hat das Gespenst in der Eingangshalle gewartet?
Es wollte jemanden erschrecken, der 'rein-kommt! 👻
(Why did the ghost wait in the entrance hall?
It wanted to scare someone coming 'in!)
📜 A Little Poem
Die Tür geht auf, das Licht fällt breit,
Willkommen in der großen Zeit.
Die Halle weit, der Schritt verhallt,
Im Eingang hier, wird's selten kalt.
Ein Treffpunkt, Start in neue Räume,
Die Eingangshalle – Ort der Träume?
(The door opens, light falls wide,
Welcome to the grand time inside.
The hall is vast, the footstep fades away,
In the entrance here, it's rarely cold any day.
A meeting point, start to rooms anew,
The entrance hall – a place of dreams, perhaps for you?)
❓ Riddle Time
Ich bin der erste große Raum,
Betrittst du eines Hauses Traum.
Hier wartest du, triffst dich vielleicht,
Bevor dein Weg ins Inn're reicht.
Was bin ich?
(...) Die Eingangshalle
(I am the first large room,
When you enter a house's bloom.
Here you wait, perhaps you meet,
Before your path inside is complete.
What am I?
(...) The Entrance Hall / Die Eingangshalle)
🧩 Word Details
Word Composition:
The word "Eingangshalle" is a compound noun, composed of:
- Der Eingang: Noun, meaning the place where one enters (entrance).
- Die Halle: Noun, meaning a large, often high room (hall).
Together, it literally describes a "hall at the entrance".
📝 Summary: is it der, die or das Eingangshalle?
The German word "Eingangshalle" is feminine. The correct article is always die: die Eingangshalle (Nominative/Accusative Singular), der Eingangshalle (Genitive/Dative Singular), die Eingangshallen (Nominative/Accusative Plural).