autobahn

[ aw-tuh-bahn; German ou-taw-bahn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural au·to·bahns, German au·to·bahn·en [ou, -taw-bah-n, uh, n].

autobahn

/ ˈɔːtəˌbɑːn /

1935–40; < German, equivalent to Auto auto + Bahn road, way

from German, from Auto car + Bahn road

After two hours, we exited the autobahn onto an old and broken road.

The Accident concerns a mysterious crash on the Vienna autobahn, in which a young couple is ejected from a taxi.

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