In German
Hotel
Meaning: hotel
Formal or informal? “Hotel” is the same word in German as in English. For a small guesthouse, say “Pension”.
Example sentences
DasHotelistsehrschön.
The hotel is very nice.
WirwohnenimHotelamBahnhof.
We stay in the hotel by the station.
HabenSieeinZimmerfrei?
Do you have a room free?
Grammar note
“Das Hotel” is neuter, so it takes “das” and “ein”. The plural is “die Hotels”. After “in” for place, the dative is “im Hotel”.
Common mistake
Don't say “der Hotel”. The article is “das Hotel”, neuter. Also say “im Hotel” for being in a hotel, not “in das Hotel”.
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What is the German word for a small guesthouse?
“Pension”, which is usually smaller and simpler than a hotel.
What is the gender of “Hotel”?
Neuter: “das Hotel”, not “der Hotel”.