room

Zimmer

Ein abgegrenzter Bereich in einem Gebäude mit Wänden, Boden und Decke.

In einfachem Englisch: A separate space inside a building, with walls, a floor, and a ceiling.

• This room is very small.
• We painted the rooms upstairs last weekend.
• Which room is the meeting in?

Häufige Wendungen: living room, meeting room, room in something, dining room

Platz

Freier Raum, den jemand oder etwas nutzen kann.

In einfachem Englisch: Empty space that someone or something can use.

• There is no room in my bag.
• Move your chair to make room for Sam.
• Do we have enough room to dance?

So benutzt man es: room for someone/something (Is there room for another chair?); room to do something (There is enough room to turn the car around.)

Synonyme: space

Häufige Wendungen: make room, enough room, room for something, room to move

Schlafzimmer

Das Zimmer zu Hause, in dem jemand schläft und seine persönlichen Sachen aufbewahrt.

In einfachem Englisch: The place in a home where someone sleeps and keeps their personal things.

• My room is upstairs.
• The children cleaned their rooms before lunch.
• Can I put a desk in my room?

Synonyme: bedroom

Häufige Wendungen: my room, own room, tidy room

ein Zimmer teilen

In einem Zimmer wohnen, oft gemeinsam mit einer anderen Person.

In einfachem Englisch: To live in a particular room, often sharing it with someone.

• We room together at college.
• She roomed with her sister last year.
• Who will you room with next term?

So benutzt man es: room with someone (I room with a friend from college.)

Synonyme: share a room, lodge

Häufige Wendungen: room with someone, room together

zur Untermiete wohnen

Als Mieter eines Zimmers irgendwo wohnen.

In einfachem Englisch: To live somewhere as a person who rents a room.

• He rooms near the station.
• She roomed with a local family for a year.
• Two students roomed upstairs while they attended college.

So benutzt man es: room at somewhere (He roomed at a house near the station.); room with someone (She roomed with an elderly couple.)

Synonyme: lodge, board

Häufige Wendungen: room at somewhere, room with someone