# das Regal

das Regal is a German noun meaning “a rack of shelves, shelving, a shelf (in this collective sense), e.g. an open bookcase”. Forms: des Regals, die Regale.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Regals
- Plural: die Regale

## In other languages

- Русский: шкаф полка для книг
- Українська: полиця

## Noun

1. a rack of shelves, shelving, a shelf (in this collective sense), e.g. an open bookcase

## Noun

1. _in the plural_ a right or privilege of a sovereign state or ruler; (one of the) regalia
   - Wichtige Regalien waren das Recht auf Besetzung der Bischofsämter und das Recht zur Erbauung von Pfalzen. — Important royal privileges were the right of appointing the bishops, and the right to build palaces.

## Examples

- Ich nahm ein Buch aus dem Regal. — I took a book from the shelf.
- Auf dem Regal stehen einige Bücher. — Some books are on the shelf.
- Die Bücher sind vom Regal gefallen. — The books fell off the shelf.
- Er reichte Bücher vom Regal herunter. — He was passing some books down from the shelf.
- Alle Bücher in diesen Regalen habe ich gelesen. — I've read all of the books on these shelves.

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