Bahn
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See also: bahn
German
Etymology
From Middle High German ban, from Old High German *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *banō. Cognate with Luxembourgish Bunn, Dutch baan.
Pronunciation
Noun
Bahn f (genitive Bahn, plural Bahnen)
- route, trail
- Sie bricht sich ihre eigene Bahn.
- She blazes her own trail.
- (rail transport) railway/railroad or rail transport
- Ich habe eine Tageskarte für Bus und Bahn.
- I've got a day ticket for bus and rail.
- A vehicle in rail transport (especially a regional commuter train or tram, otherwise more often Zug or Tram)
- Die Bahn kommt immer zu spät!
- The train is always late!
- Ich bin in der Bahn.
- I'm on the train.
- (informal) Short for Autobahn.
- Ich bin auf der Bahn.
- I'm on the motorway.
- (informal) Short for Fahrbahn (“lane [of a road]”).
- A large, wide sheet of material used for waterproofing roofs and other structures; waterproofing membrane
- (astronomy) orbit
- Kometen umlaufen die Sonne auf exzentrischen Bahnen.
- Comets orbit the Sun on eccentric orbits.
Declension
Declension of Bahn [feminine]
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: gadgetbahn
- → Greater Polish: bana
- → Kashubian: ban
- Russian: (Crimean, slang) бан (ban)
- → Silesian: bana
Proper noun
Bahn f (proper noun, genitive Bahn)
- Deutsche Bahn, or its predecessors.
- Die Bahn schreibt schwarze Zahlen.
- Deutsche Bahn announces a profit.
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