Kalle fährt zum ersten Mal auf der Autobahn. Kalle is driving on the motorway for the first time.

noun · B1

die Autobahn

[ˈaʊ̯toˌbaːn]

motorway, highway

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Other Examples

Auf manchen Autobahnen gibt es kein Tempolimit.

There is no speed limit on some motorways.
Wir nehmen lieber die Landstraße, auf der Autobahn ist zu viel los.

We'd rather take the country road; there's too much going on on the motorway.

The tinted words form a set phrase: viel los sein
Fährst du gern auf der Autobahn?

Do you like driving on the motorway?

Grammar

Plural: die Autobahnen In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative wer? was?	die Autobahn	die Autobahnen
Accusative wen? was?	die Autobahn	die Autobahnen
Dative wem?	der Autobahn	den Autobahnen
Genitive wessen?	der Autobahn	der Autobahnen

How the Word Is Built

Auto root bahn root

A compound: das Auto + die Bahn

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

das Autodie Bahndie Straßenbahn

In Otti's situations: Kalle learns to drive

sich anschnallen das Auto das Benzin bremsen den Führerschein machen der Fahrlehrer die Fahrlehrerin die Fahrschule die Fahrstunde der Führerschein geduldig die Geschwindigkeit

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