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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Fahrbahn

Pronunciation / Transliteration: faːrban

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Roadway/ˈroʊd.weɪ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Fahrbahn wurde wegen Bauarbeiten gesperrt."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    That part of a road over which the vehicular traffic passes.

    "Maintenance crews worked overnight to repair the damaged roadway before morning rush hour."
  2. 2

    A path, road, or route providing access to or through a particular place.

    "The winding roadway led us directly up to the secluded mountain cabin."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word is a compound of 'road' (from Old English 'rād', meaning 'riding' or 'journey') and 'way' (from Old English 'wēg', meaning 'path' or 'road'). It emerged in Middle English to specifically designate a path or strip of land intended for travel by vehicles and pedestrians.

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