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Mit der roten Seilbahn schwebt Lotte über die Felsen hinauf zur Bergstation. Lotte glides up over the rocks to the top station in the red cable car.

noun · C1

die Seilbahn

[ˈzaɪ̯lˌbaːn]

cable car, cableway

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Grammar

Plural
die Seilbahnen In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? die Seilbahn die Seilbahnen
Accusative wen? was? die Seilbahn die Seilbahnen
Dative wem? der Seilbahn den Seilbahnen
Fahrt ihr mit der Seilbahn hoch, oder wandert ihr die ganze Strecke zu Fuß? Are you taking the cable car up, or hiking the whole way on foot?
Genitive wessen? der Seilbahn der Seilbahnen

How the Word Is Built

Seil root bahn root

A compound: Seil + die Bahn

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

das Seildie Bahndie Straßenbahn

In Otti's situations: The friends spend a weekend in the Alps

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