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der Bahnhof

  • A1
  • Noun
  • Travel & Transport
  • City & Places

railway station

/deːɐ̯ ˈbaːnhoːf/

Illustration of Bahnhof

Meaning and translations

Definition

A station with tracks and buildings where trains stop and passengers board or leave them.

Translations
English
railway station
Français
gare
Türkçe
tren istasyonu
Polski
dworzec kolejowy
Русский
железнодорожный вокзал
Українська
залізничний вокзал

Grammar & classification

Article
der
Gender
Masculine
Plural
Bahnhöfe
Part of speech
Noun
CEFR level
A1
Morphology
Compound
Topics
Travel & TransportPrimaryCity & Places

Usage examples

  1. Der Bahnhof liegt im Zentrum.NominativSing.The station is located in the city center.
  2. Wir erreichen den Bahnhof pünktlich.AkkusativSing.We reach the station on time.
  3. Die Reisenden nähern sich dem Bahnhof.DativSing.The travelers approach the station.

Pronunciation and forms

  • Lemma
    Bahnhof/ˈbaːnhoːf/
  • Article phrase
    der Bahnhof/deːɐ̯ ˈbaːnhoːf/
  • Plural
    Bahnhöfe/ˈbaːnhøːfə/

Declension / Forms

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativder Bahnhofdie Bahnhöfe
Akkusativden Bahnhofdie Bahnhöfe
Dativdem Bahnhofden Bahnhöfen
Genitivdes Bahnhofsder Bahnhöfe

Usage and collocations

  • Prepositional constructionzum Bahnhof fahrenzu + Dativ
  • Prepositional constructionvor dem Bahnhof wartenvor + Dativ
  • Collocationden Bahnhof erreichen

Semantic relations

No semantic relations have been added for this sense.

Word formation and word family

Formation typeCompound

  1. BahnModifier
  2. HofHead

„Bahnhof“ is a compound noun made up of the components „Bahn“ and „Hof“.

Word family

  • BahnsteigCompound-related
  • BahnhofshalleCompound-related