Bahnhofsuhr
German, noun/ˈbaːnhoːfsˌʔuːɐ̯/
Bahnhofsuhr is spelled B-A-H-N-H-O-F-S-U-H-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bahnhofsuhr is a German feminine noun meaning “station clock (at a train station)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weithin sichtbare, große Uhr, die auf dem Bahnhofsgelände den Passagieren und dem Bahnpersonal die…”.
What does Bahnhofsuhr mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestation clock (at a train station)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weithin sichtbare, große Uhr, die auf dem Bahnhofsgelände den Passagieren und dem Bahnpersonal die verbindliche Zeit für den Zugverkehr vorgibt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Bahnhofsuhr
- Bahnhofsuhren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bahnhofsuhr?
- /ˈbaːnhoːfsˌʔuːɐ̯/
- [ˈbaːnhoːfsˌʔuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Bahnhofsuhr in German?
Bahnhofsuhr appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).