Definition
A transport system in which trains run on rails.
Translations
- English
- railway
- Français
- chemin de fer
- Türkçe
- demiryolu
- Polski
- kolej
- Русский
- железная дорога
- Українська
- залізниця
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Bahn
- A2
- Noun
- Travel & Transport
railway
/diː baːn/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Bahnen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Travel & TransportPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Bahn fährt alle zwanzig Minuten.NominativSing.The train runs every twenty minutes.
- Ich nehme die Bahn zur Arbeit.AkkusativSing.I take the train to work.
- Mit der Bahn erreiche ich die Stadt schnell.DativSing.I can reach the city quickly by train.
- Die Abfahrt der Bahn verzögert sich heute.GenitivSing.The train's departure is delayed today.
- Die Bahnen verbinden viele Städte.NominativPlur.The trains connect many cities.
- Viele Reisende nutzen die Bahnen täglich.AkkusativPlur.Many travelers use the trains daily.
- Mit den Bahnen in der Region erreichen Pendler viele Arbeitsplätze.DativPlur.Commuters reach many workplaces by train in the region.
- Die Fahrpläne der Bahnen ändern sich selten.GenitivPlur.The trains' timetables rarely change.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Bahn/baːn/
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Article phrase
die Bahn/diː baːn/
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Plural
Bahnen/ˈbaːnən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Bahn | die Bahnen |
| Akkusativ | die Bahn | die Bahnen |
| Dativ | der Bahn | den Bahnen |
| Genitiv | der Bahn | der Bahnen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationmit der Bahn fahren
- Collocationdie Bahn nehmen
- Adjective combinationmoderne Bahn
- Collocationdie Bahn benutzen
- Prepositional constructionmit der Bahnmit + Dativ
- Sentence patternDie Bahn kommt pünktlich an.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
„Bahn“ is synchronically a simple word without productive decomposition.
Word family
- Eisenbahn
- Bahnsteig
- bahnen
- Bahnfahrer