Bahnschranken
German, noun/ˈbaːnˌʃʁaŋkŋ/
Bahnschranken is spelled B-A-H-N-S-C-H-R-A-N-K-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bahnschranken is a German masculine noun meaning “railway crossing gate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of Bahnschranke. The German Wiktionary defines it as “verkehrstechnische Absicherung eines Bahnübergangs für Fußgänger oder auch für Fahrzeuge aller Art”.
What does Bahnschranken mean in English?
noun
- 1
Austriamasculinerailway crossing gate
noun
- 1
plural of Bahnschranke
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. verkehrstechnische Absicherung eines Bahnübergangs für Fußgänger oder auch für Fahrzeuge aller Art
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 Bahnschranken
- Bahnschrankens genitive
- Bahnschranke alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bahnschranken?
- /ˈbaːnˌʃʁaŋkŋ/
- [ˈbaːnˌʃʁaŋkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Bahnschranken in German?
Bahnschranken appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).