Kalle hält an einer kleinen Tankstelle am Waldrand. Kalle stops at a small petrol station at the edge of the forest.

noun · B1

die Tankstelle

[ˈtaŋkˌʃtɛlə]

petrol station, gas station

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Other Examples

Ich kaufe an der Tankstelle noch schnell eine Flasche Wasser.

I'll quickly buy a bottle of water at the petrol station.
Wisst ihr, wo hier die nächste Tankstelle ist?

Do you know where the nearest petrol station is around here?
Nachts holt sich Emil an der Tankstelle oft einen Kaffee.

At night Emil often gets himself a coffee at the petrol station.

Grammar

Plural: die Tankstellen In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative wer? was?	die Tankstelle	die Tankstellen
Accusative wen? was?	die Tankstelle	die Tankstellen
Dative wem?	der Tankstelle	den Tankstellen
Genitive wessen?	der Tankstelle	der Tankstellen

How the Word Is Built

Tank root stelle root

A compound: Tank + die Stelle

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

tankender Tankdie Stelle

In Otti's situations: Kalle learns to drive

sich anschnallen das Auto die Autobahn das Benzin bremsen den Führerschein machen der Fahrlehrer die Fahrlehrerin die Fahrschule die Fahrstunde der Führerschein geduldig

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