Perron
See also: perron
German
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Noun
Perron m (strong, genitive Perrons, plural Perrons)
- (dated outside Austria and Switzerland) train platform
- Synonym: Bahnsteig
- 1900 [1878], chapter 17, in Hans Moser, transl., Anna Karenina[1], volume 1, Leipzig: Philipp Reclam jun., part 1, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy:
- In der That pfiff derselbe von fern und nach einigen Minuten erbebte der Perron, und schnaubend in dem von der Kälte nach unten getriebenen Rauch rollte das Dampfroß mit den langsam und stetig sich senkenden und hebenden Kolben des großen Mittelrades und dem sich herabbeugenden, dick angezogenen und reifbedeckten Maschinisten herein.
- Indeed, he whistled from afar and after a few minutes, the platform quaked, and the steam train, panting in the smoke that was driven downward by the cold, rolled in with the slowly and steadily ascending and descending pistons of the large central driving wheel and the stooping, bundled up and hoarfrost-covered engineer.
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 140:
- Der rührige Hinkende besorgte alles, den Fahrschein, das Gepäck. Sie standen beieinander auf dem Perron, am Miniaturzuge, neben dem kleinen, grau gepolsterten Wagenabteil, worin Joachim mit Mantel, Plaidrolle und Rosen einen Platz belegt hatte.
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Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Perron | die | Perrons |
| genitive | eines | des | Perrons | der | Perrons |
| dative | einem | dem | Perron | den | Perrons |
| accusative | einen | den | Perron | die | Perrons |
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