Autobahn

Related words

• Autobahnknoten

  A highway interchange is a junction where two or more highways meet, allowing traffic to move from one highway to another without stopping.

• Autobahnraststätte

  A motorway service area is a rest area on a motorway, usually with petrol stations, restaurants, and toilets.

• Autobahnausfahrt

  Highway exit

• Autobahnauffahrt

  Highway entrance

• Datenautobahn

  Data highway is a colloquial term for the Internet, emphasizing the fast and unlimited transmission of data.

• Autoschlange

  Traffic jam

• Rettungsgasse

  emergency lane

• Wegzoll

  Toll

• Brummi

  A colloquial term for a truck.

• überholen

  'To overtake' means to pass another vehicle and continue ahead of it.

• mautpflichtig

  subject to toll

• dreispurig

  Three-lane means that something has three lanes, typically a road.

• mautfrei

  Toll-free

• mehrspurig

  Multilane

• Stau

  Traffic jam

• Zusammenstoß

  Collision

• Leitkegel

  Traffic cone

• Verkehrsstau

  Traffic jam

• Rasthof

  Motorway service area

• Rastanlage

  Rest area, service area

• Autohof

  Truck stop, rest area

• Rastplatz

  Rest area

• Streckenverlauf

  The course of a route, such as a road, river, or hiking trail.

• Verkehrsminister

  Minister of Transport

• Falschfahrer

  wrong-way driver

• Ruheplatz

  Resting place

• Pendlerverkehr

  Commuter traffic

• Autokarte

  Road map

• Straßenkarte

  Road map

• Elefantenrennen

  An elephant race is a colloquial term for a slow overtaking maneuver by trucks on the highway.

• Staugefahr

  risk of traffic jam

• protestieren

  to protest

• ereignen

  Happen

• gebühren

  Fees

• resultiert

  Results means that something follows from something else or results from something else; to be the result or consequence of something.

• bundesunmittelbar

  Federally administered means that an institution or body is directly subordinate to the federal government and not to a state government.

• Motel

  A motel is a simple accommodation, usually located on the roadside, for travelers by car.

• Trasse

  Route, alignment

• Panne

  Breakdown

• Tempolimit

  Speed limit

• Karambolage

  Pile-up

• Nadelöhr

  A "bottleneck" is a narrow point that severely slows down the flow of people, traffic, or information.

• Geisterfahrer

  Wrong-way driver

• Geschwindigkeitsgrenze

  Speed limit

• Affenzahn

  Breakneck speed

• Affenzahn

  Breakneck speed

• Trassee

  A trace is the planned route of a traffic route, such as a railway line or a highway.

• Raststätte

  Rest area

• Höchstgeschwindigkeit

  Maximum speed

Example sentences with “Autobahn”

1. Wir fahren auf der Autobahn. (We are driving on the highway.)

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