Translation

1. route, trail feminine

   Sie bricht sich ihre eigene Bahn.

   She blazes her own trail.

2. railway/railroad or rail transport feminine

   Ich habe eine Tageskarte für Bus und Bahn.

   I've got a day ticket for bus and rail.

3. short for Eisenbahn a vehicle in rail transport (especially a regional commuter train or tram, otherwise more often Zug or Tram) abbreviation, alt-of, feminine

   Die Bahn kommt immer zu spät!

   The train is always late!

   Ich bin in der Bahn.

   I'm on the train.

   [B]eim Abbiegen von der Beckhausstraße in die Seitenstraßen hatten Autofahrer immer wieder die Bahnen trotz der Warnhinweise übersehen.

   When turning from the Beckhaus Street into the side streets, auto drivers on and on over overlooked the trams, in spite of the warning signs.

4. ellipsis of Autobahn abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine, informal

   Ich bin auf der Bahn.

   I'm on the motorway.

5. ellipsis of Fahrbahn (“lane [of a road]”) abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine, informal
6. A large, wide sheet of material used for waterproofing roofs and other structures; waterproofing membrane feminine
7. orbit feminine

   Kometen umlaufen die Sonne auf exzentrischen Bahnen.

   Comets orbit the Sun on eccentric orbits.

Declension

Translation

1. Deutsche Bahn, or its predecessors. feminine, proper-noun

   Die Bahn schreibt schwarze Zahlen.

   Deutsche Bahn announces a profit.

Translation

to channel

singular imperative of bahnen

1. singular imperative of bahnen form-of, imperative, singular
2. first-person singular present of bahnen colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular

Translation

1. adhesion coefficient source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
2. lane source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
3. pathway; path; way source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en