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Pension

pension

noun pang-ZYON Less Common
Travel & Places Accommodation

Origin: from French 'pension'

Also means

guesthouse

Usage Note

Pension carries two senses: a retiree's pension, and a small guesthouse offering bed and board, cosier than a Hotel. As a French loanword its nasal opening is often kept; in Pension gehen means 'to retire'.

Examples

"Wir übernachten in einer kleinen Pension."

Natural Translation

We're staying in a small guesthouse.

Literal Translation

We overnight in a small guesthouse.

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