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Eisenbahn
Meaning
- railway, railroad (transporting system)
- (informal) train
Hyphenated as
Ei‧sen‧bahn
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈaɪ̯zənˌbaːn/
Etymology
From Eisen (“iron”) + Bahn (“transport, lane”), originally for the iron rails of trains used in mining.
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