Autobahn
Autobahn is a German loanword for controlled-access highways. An autobahn is for fast travel by road vehicles.
Word
The word Autobahn contains German: Auto, and German: Bahn.[1]
In English, autobahn means a highway especially in a German-speaking country.[2] This means Germany and Austria, and usually also Switzerland. In German, however, Autobahn means a highway anywhere in the world.[2]
Networks
- Bundesautobahn in Austria
- Bundesautobahn in Germany
- Autobahn in Switzerland
Autobahn Media
German Autobahn number signet.
German Autobahn number signet.
- Bundesautobahn__number
- Bundesautobahn__number
A 3 and A 5 at Frankfurter Kreuz near Frankfurt am Main
Overhead signage on A 3
Pattern of autobahns 10 to 999
Hitler ceremonially starts the excavation works for the first Austrian autobahn (1938).
- For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme.
Sources
- ↑ "Autobahn Definition & Meaning". Dictionary.org. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The German autobahn". I am expat. March 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
External links
- Autobahn-Bilder.de (German) – pictures of highways (not limited to autobahns)