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Frau Hilde hält sich auf der Treppe gut am Geländer fest. Frau Hilde holds on tight to the banister on the stairs.

noun · C1

das Geländer

[ɡəˈlɛndɐ]

banister, railing, handrail

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Other Examples

  • Als Kinder sind wir heimlich das Geländer heruntergerutscht.

    As children we secretly slid down the banister.

  • Siehst du die geschnitzten Blumen am Geländer? Sie sind über hundert Jahre alt.

    Do you see the carved flowers on the banister? They're over a hundred years old.

  • Kalle hat das wackelige Geländer im Hinterhof mit einer neuen Schraube befestigt.

    Kalle fixed the wobbly railing in the back courtyard with a new screw.

Grammar

Plural
die Geländer In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? das Geländer die Geländer
Accusative wen? was? das Geländer die Geländer
Dative wem? dem Geländer den Geländern
Siehst du die geschnitzten Blumen am Geländer? Sie sind über hundert Jahre alt. Do you see the carved flowers on the banister? They're over a hundred years old.
Genitive wessen? des Geländers der Geländer

How the Word Is Built

Ge prefix länd root er suffix

ge-
in nouns, often a group or a result: das Gebäude (building), das Geschenk (gift); in verbs, the past participle: gekauft.
-er
a person or a tool that does something, masculine: mieten → der Vermieter (landlord).

Word family

das Treppengeländerdas Balkongeländer

In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde and the history of her building

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