Station

== German == === Etymology === From Late Middle High German *staziōn (attested as statziān), from Latin statio; see there for cognates. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃtaˈt͡si̯oːn/ === Noun === Station f (genitive Station, plural Stationen, diminutive Statiönchen n) stop, stopover, station (a place where one stops on the way; the act of stopping itself) Synonym: Halt station (area equipped to serve as a regular stop; compare usage notes below) Synonym: Haltestelle station (place where workers are stationed, e.g. a weather station or space station) ward (division in a hospital) ==== Usage notes ==== In the context of traffic, Station is usually a synonym of Halt (“stop”): An der nächsten Station steige ich aus. (“I’m getting off at the next stop.”) It may also be used for Haltestelle, meaning a bus stop or similar small station. However, an actual train station with several rails and staffed facilities is always called Bahnhof. ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== stationär stationieren ==== See also ==== Bahnhof === Further reading === “Station”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Station” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Station” in Duden online