Lokal

Borrowed from French local, from Latin localis.

• IPA^(key): /loˈkaːl/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Lokal n (strong, genitive Lokales or Lokals, plural Lokale)

1. A restaurant, especially when small and/or traditional; a pub that serves hot food; an inn.
2. (in certain compounds) A room or facility used for public services.

   Wahllokal ― polling station

   Wartelokal ― waiting room

• Note that Lokal is a false friend and does not mean "local". The general word to refer to a "local" is Einheimischer/Einheimische if you are referring to a person who was born somewhere and has always lived there.
• To refer to the same meaning the same as the English locale, on the other hand, there are Ort m and Örtlichkeit f.

• (pub serving food): Gaststätte; Gastwirtschaft; Wirtschaft; Restaurant

• Feinschmeckerlokal
• Lokalrunde
• Speiselokal
• Wartelokal
• Wahllokal
• Stimmlokal
• Lokalteil

• “Lokal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Lokal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Lokal” in Duden online
• Lokal on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de