die Meile
/ˈmaɪ̯lə/
mile; international mile; any of various units used before metrification, especially; the Roman mile
- genitive
- der Meile
- plural
- die Meilen
Meanings
- 1
mile (unit of distance); international mile (≈ 1.6 km)
Eine Meile sind etwa 1600 Meter.
A mile is about 1,600 meters.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wir sind 100 Meilen nach Westen gefahren.
We've driven a hundred miles west.
Tatoeba · Esperantostern · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
mile (unit of distance); any of various units used before metrification, especially; the Roman mile (≈ 1.5 km)
- 3
mile (unit of distance); any of various units used before metrification, especially; much longer distances in Germany and other parts of continental Europe, generally between 4 and 10 km (the Prussian mile of 1816 was ≈ 7.5 km)
- 4
a vague term for a long distance; a country milerare
- 5
promenade, boulevardrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dieMeile | dieMeilen |
| accusative | dieMeile | dieMeilen |
| dative | derMeile | denMeilen |
| genitive | derMeile | derMeilen |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.