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Wäscheleine

clothesline

noun VESH-e-line-e Less Common

Usage Note

Wäscheleine combines Wäsche (laundry) with Leine (line, cord). The pegs you hang there are Wäscheklammern; the verb for hanging laundry is aufhängen.

Examples

"Die Bettwäsche trocknet auf der Wäscheleine im Garten."

Natural Translation

The bed linen is drying on the clothesline in the garden.

Literal Translation

The bed-linen dries on the clothesline in-the garden.

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