# die Bank

die Bank is a German noun meaning “bench”. Forms: der Bank, die Bänke.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Bank
- Plural: die Bänke

## In other languages

- Русский: скамья, скамейка, лавка
- Українська: лава, лавка

## Noun

1. bench (which people sit on); pew
2. workbench (which things can be set down on)
3. bank (collection of material in a body of water)
4. substitutes' bench

## Noun

1. bank (financial institution)
2. _in-compounds_ a storage facility for some specified purpose

## Examples

- Der alte Mann saß auf einer Bank. — The old man was sitting on a bench.
- Vor dem Hotel befindet sich eine Bank. — There's a bank in front of the hotel.
- Er ist Dolmetscher bei einer internationalen Bank. — He's an interpreter in an international bank.
- Setzen Sie sich auf die Bank. — Sit down on the bench.
- Die Banken öffnen um neun Uhr. — Banks open at nine o'clock.

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