Kurhotel

spa hotel

noun KOOR-hoh-tel Rare

Also means

health resort hotel

Usage Note

Kurhotel is a hotel in a spa town (Kurort) combining accommodation with medical and wellness treatments. Traditionally German Kurhotels offered thermal baths, mud treatments, and medical consultations, partly funded by health insurance.

Examples

"Meine Oma verbringt jedes Jahr zwei Wochen im Kurhotel Bad Homburg."

Natural Translation

My grandmother spends two weeks every year at the spa hotel in Bad Homburg.

Literal Translation

My grandmother spends every year two weeks in the spa hotel Bad Homburg.

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