Bummelbahn
German, noun[ˈbʊml̩ˌbaːn]
Bummelbahn is spelled B-U-M-M-E-L-B-A-H-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written German, the 571,872nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bummelbahn is a German feminine noun meaning “A slow local train” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zug, der der Personenbeförderung dient und an jeder Station auf der Strecke anhält, weshalb er sehr lange bis…”.
What does Bummelbahn mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalA slow local train.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zug, der der Personenbeförderung dient und an jeder Station auf der Strecke anhält, weshalb er sehr lange bis zu seinem Zielort unterwegs ist
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 Bummelbahn
- Bummelbahnen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bummelbahn?
- [ˈbʊml̩ˌbaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Bummelbahn in German?
Bummelbahn appears about once in every 83 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).