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Bahnhofsmission
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German
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Etymology
de :af Bahnhof<t:train station> -s- Mission<t:mission, missionary service>
From de Bahnhof train station -s- Mission mission, missionary service.
Pronunciation
de /ˈbaːnhoːfsmɪˌsjoːn/
de De-Bahnhofsmission.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
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de Germany a Christian relief organization that helps homeless people at train stations
Noun
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a facility of this organization at a given train station
de 27 October 2018 "Ohrwurm!": Stambouli verrät seinen liebsten Schalke-Fangesang www.onefootball.com https://onefootball.com/de/news/ohrwurm-stambouli-verraet-seinen-liebsten-schalke-fangesang-22341226 (The cited self-deprecating song is a stock-in-trade among fans of FC Schalke 04, where Stambouli played at the time.) Und der verriet auch noch gleich, welches Lied er am liebsten selbst grölt: „‚Wir sind Schalker, asoziale Schalker, schlafen unter Brücken oder in der Bahnhofsmission‘ – Das ist mein absolutes Lieblingslied“, so der Franzose. And while he was at it, Benjamin Stambouli [Benjamin Stambouli] also revealed which [fan] song he loves to chant along most: “‘We are Schalkers, anti-social Schalkers, we sleep under bridges or at the station mission’ – that’s my absolutely favorite song”, the Frenchman said. https://web.archive.org/web/20251117113747/https://onefootball.com/de/news/ohrwurm-stambouli-verraet-seinen-liebsten-schalke-fangesang-22341226 17 November 2025
Declension
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