Vokabahn

Noun

die Abfahrt

departure (of a land or water vehicle)

A1 rank #3,513 plural Abfahrten

Meanings

Noun
  1. departure (of a land or water vehicle)
  2. exit, slip road, off-ramp (lane used to leave a motorway)
  3. slope, piste
  4. downhill (fastest of the four alpine competitions)

In a sentence

Heftiger Schnee hinderte die Bahn an der Abfahrt.

Heavy snow prevented the train from departing.

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Forms

die Abfahrt · die Abfahrten

Abfahrt is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #3,513 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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