Eingängen

Eingängen is the dative plural form of the German noun Eingang, which means entrance or doorway. It is used when referring to multiple entrances in contexts that describe location or direction, for example in phrases such as vor den Eingängen (in front of the entrances).

Grammatically, the nominative and accusative plural of Eingang are Eingänge, the genitive singular is Eingangs, and the dative plural is Eingängen. Prepositions that govern the dative, such as an, in, vor, or bei, require the form Eingängen in the plural, as in an den Eingängen or bei den Eingängen.

In architectural or urban planning texts, the plural form Eingänge is more common when referring to entrances in general. Eingängen appears in sentences where the relationship to multiple entrances is specified, for instance when describing location or movement relative to those entrances. The word itself does not denote a distinct concept beyond its grammatical role, but it is used in descriptive passages about the entrances of buildings, transit facilities, campuses, or public spaces.

Etymology traces Eingang to Middle High German eingang, formed from ein- 'in' and gangen 'going' or 'going in'. The inflected forms, including Eingängen, follow standard German noun declension patterns for masculine nouns ending in -ang.

See also: Eingang, Eingänge, Tür, Zugang, Türöffnung, Türschloss, Barrierefreiheit.