Achterbahn

Meaning

rollercoaster

Concepts

roller coaster

🎢

rollercoaster

big dipper

Rollercoaster

roller coaster

🎢

switchback

coaster

Translations

montagnes russes

montagne russe

🎢

montaña rusa

otto volante

achtbaan

montanha-russa

الأفعوانية

ottovolante

montanha russa

τρενάκι

büyükayı

roetsjbaan

τρενάκι του λούνα παρκ

muntanyes russes

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

achtibaan

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʔaxtɐˌbaːn/

Etymology

Achter (“an eight”) + Bahn (“route”), from the figure-eight shape commonly seen in roller coasters, particularly older ones.