Magnetschwebebahn
German, noun/maˈɡneːtʃveːbəˌbaːn/
Magnetschwebebahn is spelled M-A-G-N-E-T-S-C-H-W-E-B-E-B-A-H-N (17 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magnetschwebebahn is a German feminine noun meaning “magnetic levitation train, maglev train” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Magnetschwebebahnen sind spurgeführte Landverkehrsmittel, die durch magnetische Anziehung oder Abstoßung in…”.
What does Magnetschwebebahn mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemagnetic levitation train, maglev train
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Magnetschwebebahnen sind spurgeführte Landverkehrsmittel, die durch magnetische Anziehung oder Abstoßung in der Schwebe gehalten werden. Räder sind dabei entweder gar nicht oder nur bei niedrigen Geschwindigkeiten notwendig
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 Magnetschwebebahn
- Magnetschwebebahnen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Magnetschwebebahn?
- /maˈɡneːtʃveːbəˌbaːn/
- [maˈɡneːtʃveːbəˌbaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Magnetschwebebahn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Magnetschwebebahn in German?
Magnetschwebebahn appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).