Reifen

tyre

noun RYE-fen Rare

Also means

tire

Usage Note

Reifen is masculine and unchanged in the plural. Germans swap Winterreifen and Sommerreifen by season; a flat tyre is ein platter Reifen. The word also means a hoop or ring.

Examples

"Auf der Autobahn platzte plötzlich ein Reifen."

Natural Translation

A tyre suddenly burst on the motorway.

Literal Translation

On the motorway burst suddenly a tyre.

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