# das Bord

das Bord is a German noun meaning “shelf”. Forms: des Bordes, die Borde.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Bordes
- Plural: die Borde

## In other languages

- Русский: борт

## Noun

1. shelf (board fixed to the wall)
2. bordure
3. _Switzerland_ embankment, slope, sloped verge by a road

## Noun

1. board (of a ship, airplane)
   - an Bord sein/gehen — to be/go on board, aboard

## Examples

- Es waren zwei Frauen an Bord. — There were two women onboard.
- Er ging an Bord des Flugzeugs. — He boarded the airplane.
- Das Flugzeug hatte 500 Passagiere an Bord. — The plane had five hundred passengers on board.
- Der Kapitän ist noch nicht an Bord des Schiffes. — The captain is not yet aboard the ship.
- Eine Gruppe von Wissenschaftlern war mit ihnen an Bord. — A party of scientists were on board with them.

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