Eisenbahn
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German
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Etymology
[edit]From Eisen (“iron”) + Bahn (“transport, lane”), originally for the iron rails of trains used in mining.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯zənˌbaːn/, [ˈaɪ̯zənˌbaːn], [ˈaɪ̯zn̩ˌbaːn]
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Hyphenation: Ei‧sen‧bahn
Noun
[edit]Eisenbahn 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
[edit]Declension of Eisenbahn [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Descendants
[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