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Etymology edit

Abbreviation of Stadtschnellbahn, from Stadt (city) + schnell (fast) + Bahn (rail).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛsˌbaːn/
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Noun edit

S-Bahn f (genitive S-Bahn, plural S-Bahnen)

  1. (chiefly in German-speaking countries and Copenhagen, Denmark) A commuter rail/metro system (generally overground) serving a metropolitan area or A train in such systems (S-train)
    Antonym: U-Bahn

Usage notes edit

  • S-Bahn (abbreviation of Stadt-Schnellbahn) is not to be confused with
    • Stadtbahn, which is a tramway or light rail system with some parts built with subway standard but not fully converted to subway, in other European countries known as premetro, or
    • Straßenbahn, which is a street running tramway mainly within a city-centre. (In densely populated areas one will have to take the S-Bahn to get to the next city, and then switch to the local Straßenbahn to arrive at one's final destination; note that some traffic regions do not use S-Bahnen, but have similar trains called, for example, Regionalbahn or Stadtbahn.

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • S-Bahn” in Duden online
  • S-Bahn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache