# das Vehikel

das Vehikel is a German noun meaning “vehicle”. Forms: des Vehikels, die Vehikel.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Vehikels
- Plural: die Vehikel

## In other languages

- Русский: тачка

## Meanings

1. _figurative_ vehicle (medium for expression of talent or views)
2. _derogatory · humorous_ vehicle, rattletrap
   - »Ich fahre dann in diesem Vehikel«, sagte er, auf die Kutsche weisend. — "And I'll get into this vehicle," he said.

## Examples

- Menschen sind die Vehikel, die die Gene nutzen, um sich fortzupflanzen. — Humans are the vehicles that genes use to propagate themselves.
- Die Menschen sind die Vehikel, die die Gene nutzen, um sich zu vermehren. — Humans are the vehicles that genes use to propagate themselves.

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