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die Tour

noun · /tuːr/ ·
Etymology

16th century, borrowed from Middle French tour. Feminine gender after words such as Reise, Fahrt, Drehung.

Translation

  1. tour, journey; a trip, particularly when travel takes up a significant portion of the time (as in a daytrip or a journey with several stops) feminine

    Wir haben eine zweiwöchige Tour durch acht Städte gemacht.

    We did a two-week tour of eight cities.

  2. tour, journey; a race with several stages feminine

    Etappensiege sind ihm egal; er will die Tour gewinnen.

    He doesn't care about winning stages; he wants to win the tour.

  3. tour, journey; a series of artistic appearances in different places feminine
  4. turn, rotation dated, feminine
  5. turn, rotation; revolution of a motor dated, feminine

    Wie viel Touren hat der Wagen?

  6. manner, way, fashion feminine, informal

    Auf die nette Tour erreicht man oft mehr.

    You often achieve more in the nice way.

  7. manner, way, fashion; a way of persuading, of presenting oneself: shtick, game, scheme derogatory, especially, feminine, informal

    Dann fing er wieder an mit seiner typischen Tour.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Tour Touren
Accusative Tour Touren
Dative Tour Touren
Genitive Tour Touren

Tour

noun ·

Translation

  1. excursion source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  2. journey source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  3. itinerary source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en