Vokabahn

Bahn

Vokabahn
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Noun

die Bahn

Pronunciation: /baːn/

railway/railroad or rail transport

A1 rank #552 plural Bahnen

Meanings

Noun
  1. railway/railroad or rail transport
  2. route, trail
  3. A large, wide sheet of material used for waterproofing roofs and other structures; waterproofing membrane
  4. orbit

Example sentence

Wie sind Sie gekommen? Mit dem Bus oder mit der Bahn?

How did you get here, by bus or by train?

Word forms

singular die Bahn
plural die Bahnen

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedie Bahn
Accusativedie Bahn
Dativeder Bahn
Genitiveder Bahn

Plural

Nominativedie Bahnen
Accusativedie Bahnen
Dativeden Bahnen
Genitiveder Bahnen

Usage

  • mit der Bahn fahren — Travel by train; mit takes dative.
  • die Bahn / die Bahnen — Bahn can also mean a track or lane.
Extra sentence

Morgen fahren wir mit der Bahn nach Köln.

Tomorrow we are going to Cologne by train.