beer garden

noun

The outdoor section of a public house, where customers can sit in the sun and enjoy their beverages. In Bavaria (Germany) often under horse chestnut trees, where you are allowed to bring your own food if you consume the restauration's beverages.

Similar
biergartenopen-air gardenpub garden

Meanings

nounbeer garden (plural beer gardens)

plural beer gardens · alternative beergarden

  1. The outdoor section of a public house, where customers can sit in the sun and enjoy their beverages. In Bavaria (Germany) often under horse chestnut trees, where you are allowed to bring your own food if you consume the restauration's beverages.
  2. brandingbusinessA restobar, a pub restaurant, a restaurant known for serving beer and food.

    Synonyms: biergarten, open-air garden, pub garden

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA restobar, a pub restaurant, a restaurant known for serving beer and food.

Similar
biergartenopen-air gardenpub garden

Origin

  1. GermanBiergarten
  2. Englishbeer garden

A calque of German Biergarten, equivalent to beer + garden.

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Translations

Bulgarian градина
  • градина (gradina)outdoor section of a public house
Finnish terassi
  • terassioutdoor section of a public house
German Biergarten, Gastgarten
  • Biergartenoutdoor section of a public house
  • Gastgartenoutdoor section of a public house
Hungarian sörkert, sörudvar
  • sörkertoutdoor section of a public house
  • sörudvaroutdoor section of a public house
Japanese ビアガーデン
  • ビアガーデンoutdoor section of a public house
Korean 비어 가든
  • 비어 가든 (bieo gadeun)outdoor section of a public house
Polish ogródek piwny
  • ogródek piwnyoutdoor section of a public house
Russian пивной сад
  • пивной сад (pivnoj sad)outdoor section of a public house
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Chicago

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