Hauptbahnhof

German

Etymology

haupt- +‎ Bahnhof

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊ̯pt.baːnˌhoːf/ (standard)
IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊ̯.paˌnoːf/ (casual speech)
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Noun

Hauptbahnhof m (strong, genitive Hauptbahnhofes or Hauptbahnhofs, plural Hauptbahnhöfe) (common abbreviation Hbf in Germany and Austria, HB in Switzerland)

central/main train station

Declension

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Descendants

→ Danish: hovedbanegård (calque)

Further reading

“Hauptbahnhof” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Hauptbahnhof” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Hauptbahnhof” in Duden online
Hauptbahnhof on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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