Autobahn

See also: autobahn

German

Etymology

From Auto +‎ Bahn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʔaʊ̯toˌbaːn]

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• Hyphenation: Au‧to‧bahn

Noun

Autobahn f (genitive Autobahn, plural Autobahnen)

1. motorway (Britain, Ireland, New Zealand), freeway (Australia, Canada, US), highway (parts of the US), expressway (parts of Canada, parts of the US), controlled-access highway

Declension

Declension of Autobahn [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Autobahn	die	Autobahnen
genitive	einer	der	Autobahn	der	Autobahnen
dative	einer	der	Autobahn	den	Autobahnen
accusative	eine	die	Autobahn	die	Autobahnen

Derived terms

• Autobahnauffahrt
• Autobahnausfahrt
• Autobahnknoten
• Autobahnmeisterei
• Autobahnraststätte
• Datenautobahn
• Reichsautobahn

Descendants

• → Dutch: autobaan (calque)
• → English: autobahn
• → Japanese: アウトバーン (autobān)
• → Luxembourgish: Autobunn (calque)
• → Persian: اتوبان (otubân, “freeway”)
• → Turkish: otoban

Further reading

• “Autobahn”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Autobahn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Autobahn” in Duden online