Bahn
See also: bahn
German edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- IPA(key): /baːn/
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file) - Homophones: Bahren, Barren (some speakers chiefly in casual speech)
- Rhymes: -aːn
Noun edit
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 edit
Declension of Bahn [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: gadgetbahn
- → Kashubian: ban
- Russian: бан (ban) (Crimean, slang)
Proper noun edit
Bahn f (proper noun, genitive Bahn)
- Deutsche Bahn, or its predecessors.
- Die Bahn schreibt schwarze Zahlen.
- Deutsche Bahn announces a profit.