Polyglot Dictionary

Standseilbahn

/ˈʃtantˌzaɪ̯lbaːn/

die noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Standseilbahnen

Meaning

  1. funicular

    Built from stehen (stand) + Seilbahn (cable railway).

    • Wir fuhren mit der Standseilbahn.

      We took the funicular.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • stehen stand
  • Seilbahn cable railway

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

funiculaire

funiculaire is the French word for the same thing — both mean "funicular."

Portuguese

funicular

funicular is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "funicular."

Practice

1 What does Standseilbahn mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir fuhren mit der ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Standseilbahn?

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