Station

See also: station and stâtion

German

Etymology

From late Middle High German *staziōn (attested as statziān), from Latin statio; see there for cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtaˈt͡si̯oːn/

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Noun

Station f (genitive Station, plural Stationen, diminutive Statiönchen n)

1. stop; stopover; station (a place where one stops on the way; the act of stopping itself)

   Synonym: Halt

2. station (area equipped to serve as a regular stop; compare usage notes below)

   Synonym: Haltestelle

3. station (place where workers are stationed, e.g. a weather station or space station)
4. ward (division in a hospital)

Usage notes

• In the context of traffic, Station is usually a synonym of Halt (“stop”): An der nächsten Station steige ich aus. (“I’m getting off at the next stop.”) It may also be used for Haltestelle, meaning a bus stop or similar small station. However, an actual train station with several rails and staffed facilities is always called Bahnhof.

Declension

Declension of Station [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Station	die	Stationen
genitive	einer	der	Station	der	Stationen
dative	einer	der	Station	den	Stationen
accusative	eine	die	Station	die	Stationen

Hyponyms

• Endstation
• Entbindungsstation (“maternity ward”)
• Intensivstation
• Raumstation
• Wetterstation

 

Derived terms

• stationär
• stationieren

See also

• Bahnhof

Further reading

• “Station” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Station” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Station” in Duden online