des Zimmergenossen

roommate

→ Zimmergenosse

Zimmer room + genoss comrade + en Weak masculine plural and oblique-case ending

noun · singular masculine, genitive / singular masculine, dative / singular masculine, accusative / plural masculine, nominative / plural masculine, genitive / plural masculine, dative / plural masculine, accusative Rare #45,129

roommate A person who shares a room with someone, not necessarily an entire apartment.

GE: Wir sind Zimmergenossen.

EN: We are roommates.

Declension of Zimmergenosse

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	—	Zimmergenossen
Accusative	Zimmergenossen	Zimmergenossen
Genitive	Zimmergenossen	Zimmergenossen
Dative	Zimmergenossen	Zimmergenossen

Brauchen Sie wirklich einen Zimmergenossen?

Do you really need a roommate?

Ich höre, wir sind Zimmergenossen.

I hear we're roommates.

— Der Club der toten Dichter (1989)

Tom und ich sind noch immer Zimmergenossen.

Tom and I are still roommates.