Bahn.
route, trail
Meaning & usage
route, trail
Sie bricht sich ihre eigene Bahn.
railway/railroad or rail transport
Ich habe eine Tageskarte für Bus und Bahn.
short for Eisenbahn a vehicle in rail transport (especially a regional commuter train or tram, otherwise more often Zug or Tram)
Die Bahn kommt immer zu spät!
Ich bin in der Bahn.
ellipsis of Autobahn
Ich bin auf der Bahn.
ellipsis of Fahrbahn (“lane [of a road]”)
A large, wide sheet of material used for waterproofing roofs and other structures; waterproofing membrane
orbit
Kometen umlaufen die Sonne auf exzentrischen Bahnen.
lap
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German ban, from Old High German *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *banō. Cognate with Luxembourgish Bunn, Dutch baan.
Deutsche Bahn, or its predecessors.
Die Bahn schreibt schwarze Zahlen.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German ban, from Old High German *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *banō. Cognate with Luxembourgish Bunn, Dutch baan.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.