Vokabahn

die Bahn

A1 Noun frequency rank #550

What Bahn means

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

Forms

die Bahn · die Bahnen

Plural: Bahnen

Pronunciation

Bahn in a sentence

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

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

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Bahn is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #550 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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