Eisenbahn
German
editEtymology
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From Eisen (“iron”) + Bahn (“transport, lane”), originally for the iron rails of trains used in mining.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯zənˌbaːn/, [ˈaɪ̯zənˌbaːn], [ˈaɪ̯zn̩ˌbaːn] (Germany)
- IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯sɛnˌbaːn/, [ˈaɛ̯-], [-sn̩-], [-z̥n̩-], [-ˌb̥aːn] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: Ei‧sen‧bahn
Noun
editEisenbahn f (genitive Eisenbahn, plural Eisenbahnen)
- railway, railroad (transporting system)
- Synonym: Schienenverkehr
- Die Eisenbahn war die erste moderne Verkehrsrevolution.
- The railway was the first revolution of modern traffic.
- (informal, dated) train
Declension
editDeclension of Eisenbahn [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Eisenbahn | die | Eisenbahnen |
genitive | einer | der | Eisenbahn | der | Eisenbahnen |
dative | einer | der | Eisenbahn | den | Eisenbahnen |
accusative | eine | die | Eisenbahn | die | Eisenbahnen |
Hyponyms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Chinese: 鐵路 / 铁路 (tiělù) (calque)
- → Danish: jernbane (calque)
- → Dutch: ijzerbaan (calque)
- → Hungarian: vasút (calque)
- → Italian: ferrovia (calque)
- → Japanese: 鉄道 (calque)
- → Norwegian: jernbane (calque)
- → Pannonian Rusyn: гайзибан (hajziban)
- → Polish: kolej żelazna (calque)
- → Greater Polish: ejzebana
Further reading
edit- “Eisenbahn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Eisenbahn” in Duden online
- “Eisenbahn”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Eisenbahn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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