Polyglot Dictionary

Eisenbahnschiene

/ˈaɪ̯zn̩baːnˌʃiːnə/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Eisenbahnschienen

Meaning

  1. railway track

    Built from Eisenbahn (railway) + Schiene (rail).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Eisenbahn railway
  • Schiene rail

Similar words

gleis

Eisenbahnschiene and Gleis are close synonyms for "railway track"; Gleis also separately means "platform" at a train station.

Similar in other languages

French

voie ferrée

voie ferrée is the French word for the same thing — both mean "railway track."

Practice

1 What does Eisenbahnschiene mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Zug fährt auf der ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Eisenbahnschiene?

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