trein

🚋

Meaning

(masculine) train (railway vehicle)
(dated,masculine) train, convoy, retinue, procession

Frequency

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/trɛi̯n/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French train. The modern sense “railway vehicle” is a semantic loan from English train.

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Sentences

De trein
🚋

komt binnen een paar minuten aan
🔛

.

The train arrives in a few minutes.

Er is een trein
🚋

om het kwartier .

There is a train every fifteen minutes.

De trein
🚋

daverde voorbij op
🆙

de oude sporen .

The train thundered past on the old tracks.

De trein
🚋

van de NMBS had weer
🔁

vertraging .

The SNCB train was delayed again.

Kan je met de trein
🚋

van Krakau naar Warschau ?

Can you take the train from Krakow to Warsaw?

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