German noun, feminine · CEFR A1
die U-Bahn
Meaning in English: underground, subway
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Travel and transport in German list.
Example
Mit der U-Bahn bist du schneller da.
You'll get there faster on the underground.
Der, die or das?
U-Bahn is feminine: die U-Bahn. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is U-Bahn?
U-Bahn is not counted in the texts the list is built from, so it has no frequency figure.
A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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- das Flugzeugaeroplane, aircraft
- das Schiffship
- das Taxitaxi
- der Bahnhof(railway) station
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- die Haltestelle(bus/tram) stop
- die Fahrkarteticket (for travel)
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