How to Say ‘Behind the restaurant’ in German
Hinter dem Restaurant
HIN-ter daym res-tow-RAHNG
[HIN-ter daym res-tow-RAHNG]
💬 Usage Tip: [hinter] changes depending on whether you mean location or movement. Here it means location, so you get [hinter dem Restaurant]; compare movement: [hinter das Restaurant].
Phrase Breakdown
Hinter
[HIN-ter]
behind
A preposition indicating a position at the back of something.
Der Parkplatz liegt hinter dem Restaurant.
The parking lot is behind the restaurant.
dem
[daym]
the
Dative masculine/neuter form of the definite article 'the,' used after certain prepositions like 'hinter' in a fixed location.
Wir stehen hinter dem Restaurant.
We are standing behind the restaurant.
Restaurant
[res-tow-RAHNG]
restaurant
A place where people eat meals; same meaning as in English.
Hinter dem Restaurant gibt es Parkplätze.
Behind the restaurant there are parking spaces.
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