bahnen

See also: Bahnen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German banen. Equivalent to Bahn (trail, route) + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːnən]
  • (file)

Verb

bahnen (weak, third-person singular present bahnt, past tense bahnte, past participle gebahnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to channel
    Sie bahnte sich ihren Weg durch die Menge.
    She paved her way through the crowd.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • bahnen” in Duden online
  • bahnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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