"Das Band ist länger als das Bein."

Translation: The band is longer than the leg.

[Danmoller]

Ah....what?

[maverickpl]

Was?!

[Danmoller]

What is this band.

[phle]

A tape I guess?

[aditya.cxx]

Das Band = tape, ribbon, strap, also band in English (i.e. rubber band)
Die Band = band (music), i.e. rock band
Der Band = volume (of book), tome

[Frederichtig]

Neiß

[phle]

wow, interesting how it changes with the article! thank you!

[Torniojaws]

A big band ;)

[Domleschg]

It could refer to banding birds - that is, putting an identifying band on the leg of a wild bird.

[jaye16]

Very logical. Not something I'd think of off hand but it would make sense. Well done.

[parixnet]

May it be one of those theurapetic - adhesive "bandages" that you can see in profesional sport in many colors?

[az_p]

I'm not sure they would be called Band in German... Better words for "bandage" include Binde, Bandage and Verband.

[coto.i]

Those are called "kinesio tapes" and make perfect sense with our phrase.

https://goo.gl/hiUPjp

[Revoltution]

Wha a useful sentence!

[Randonneur3]

Not!

[EhsanMoradpour]

For remembering the article it is useful das... das...

[octatone]

I guess we're running out of useful sentences at this point in the tree ...

[Dermatology]

This translation does not make sense. A ligament simply can't be longer than a leg (unless it's from an elephant!). A strap or bandage does make sense but not a translation proffered by DL (band/tape would be smaller methinks). Who thinks up these sentences?!

[aditya.cxx]

Das Band should be tape, strap, tie isn't it?

[az_p]

"Tape" and "strap" are good translations. I think "tie" is a bit too general...

[DilksDeutsch]

This tape is longer than THIS leg? Is that actually wrong like Duo says, or does it need reporting? If it is me that is wrong, can anyone explain why I can use das to mean this at the beginning of the sentence, but not part way through? Danke! :)

[az_p]

It's ok.

[mary_russ]

The ligament is longer than the leg - this makes more sense

[RWang2017]

Why is "the belt is longer than the leg" not accepted by DL?

[az_p]

It's accepted now. Just know that it's "belt" in the sense of a "belt drive" like you might find in the radiator of a car - a long flexible thing. The kind of "belt" that you wear would never be referred to this way - that's der Gürtel.

[TerryBarco]

bandage?

[MichaelHun729358]

Look, I hate to say but this is a pretty deprecated usage in Canadian English. Band might be used for a physical object (Rather than The Band) only in terms of a rubber band. Anything else is a ribbon or tape.