Eisenbahn

== German == === Etymology === From Eisen (“iron”) +‎ Bahn (“transport, lane”), originally for the iron rails of trains used in mining. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯zənˌbaːn/, [ˈaɪ̯zənˌbaːn], [ˈaɪ̯zn̩ˌbaːn] (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ̯sɛnˌbaːn/, [ˈaɛ̯-], [-sn̩-], [-z̥n̩-], [-ˌb̥aːn] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland) Hyphenation: Ei‧sen‧bahn === Noun === Eisenbahn f (genitive Eisenbahn, plural Eisenbahnen) railway, railroad (transporting system) Synonym: Schienenverkehr (informal, dated) train Synonyms: Bahn, Zug ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== da fährt die Eisenbahn drüber höchste Eisenbahn pünktlich wie die Eisenbahn ==== Descendants ==== → Chinese: 鐵路 / 铁路 (tiělù) (calque) → Danish: jernbane (calque) → Dutch: ijzerbaan (calque) → Hungarian: vasút (calque) → Italian: ferrovia (calque) → Portuguese: ferrovia → Spanish: ferrovía (calque) → Japanese: 鉄道 (calque) → Norwegian: jernbane (calque) → Pannonian Rusyn: гайзибан (hajziban) → Polish: kolej żelazna (calque) → Greater Polish: ejzebana → Ukrainian: залізниця (zaliznycja) (calque) === Further reading === “Eisenbahn”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Eisenbahn” in Duden online “Eisenbahn”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008– “Eisenbahn” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon