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“Vacation” or “Vacation”

In my German textbook there is a sentence with "vacation".

"Royal vacation in the shadow of castles and palaces."

I consulted my dictionary and found "vacation". I am curious which word of these two is more common according to you.

5 Answers 5

Holidays and vacation can have slightly different meanings.

Employees have vacation (paid time off). Teachers, pupils and non-college students have holidays (vacation, holidays). College students are always busy, they only have lecture-free time (no classes).

Christina Cherry

The conjugation of the german verb - give, german language blog

Present tense

The Present is definitely the most frequently used German tense. You use it for talking about actions that happen while the moment of speaking or when you want retell past happenings. Therefore, I suggest keeping an eye to the Present.

Singular Plural
1 st person I give we give
2 nd person you give – informal
You give – formally
you give – informal
You give – formally
3 rd person he / she / there is they give

1. Please give me the salt?
(Could you pass me the salt, please?)

2. The boss gives instructions all day.
(The boss issues instructions all day long.)

3. We do not provide information about internal matters.
(We don’t provide information about internal affairs.)

4. Martin and Robert give lessons in German.
(Martin and Robert give lessons in German.)

Christina Cherry

Holiday courses in Hamburg – language courses during the holidays for children and teenagers

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Christina Cherry

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Christina Cherry