See also: Bahnen

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German banen. Equivalent to Bahn (trail, route) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːnən]
  • (file)

Verb edit

bahnen (weak, third-person singular present bahnt, past tense bahnte, past participle gebahnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to channel
    Sie bahnte sich ihren Weg durch die Menge.
    She paved her way through the crowd.

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • bahnen” in Duden online
  • bahnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache