Noun: autobahn
| Singular | autobahn |
| Plural | autobahns; autobahnen |
Sample Sentences
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On a recent afternoon a work crew and crane were affixing the tall lettering to the side of the team’s new stadium, just off the autobahn in Sinsheim, a few miles from Hoffenheim. [2009 January 22, Nicholas Kulish, “Soccer Titan Raises Profile of Tiny Village”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:]
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Confusion reigned on German autobahns and highways at the start of one of the busiest holiday breaks of the year on Thursday after Google Maps wrongly indicated that vast swathes of them were closed. [2025 May 30, Kate Connolly, “Chaos on German autobahns as Google Maps wrongly says they are closed”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2025:]
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These ant autobahns function much the same as human highways to speed transport of goods and to reduce bumps and potholes in the path. [2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 112:]
Nouns inflected like autobahn
weltanschauung,
sackung,
gestalt,
gadgetbahn,
Thomaskantor,
autobahn,
festschrift,
Urheimat,
Umwelt,
privatdozent,
klomp,
vrouw,
Hausfrau,
gemeinschaft,
hausfrau,
mevrouw,
Hallig,
mynheer,
umwelt,
Aktionsart, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *auto-
3. Proto-Hellenic *autós
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.
5. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû)
6. Ancient Greek τόν (tón)
7. Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós)
8. Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor.
9. French auto-
10. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-
11. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
12. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
13. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
14. Proto-Italic *moweō
15. Latin moveō
16. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
17. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.
18. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
19. Proto-Italic *-ðlis
20. Latin -bilis
21. Latin mōbilislbor.
22. French mobile
23. French automobilebor.
24. German Automobil
25. German Auto
26. Middle High German ban
27. German Bahn
28. German Autobahnbor.
29. English autobahn
30. Borrowed from German Autobahn.