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Station
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station stâtion
German
Etymology
de ine-pro *steh₂-
From Late de gmh *staziōn (attested as gmh statziān), from de la statio; see there for cognates.
Pronunciation
de /ʃtaˈt͡si̯oːn/
de De-Station.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f ^chen
stop, stopover, station a place where one stops on the way; the act of stopping itself
de Halt
station area equipped to serve as a regular stop; compare usage notes below
de Haltestelle
station place where workers are stationed, e.g. a weather station or space station
ward division in a hospital
Usage notes
In the context of traffic, de Station is usually a synonym of de Halt stop: de An der nächsten Station steige ich aus. I’m getting off at the next stop. It may also be used for de Haltestelle, meaning a bus stop or similar small station. However, an actual train station with several rails and staffed facilities is always called de Bahnhof.
Declension
f
Hyponyms
de Endstation Entbindungsstation<t:maternity ward> Intensivstation Raumstation Wetterstation
Derived terms
de stationär
de stationieren
See also
de Bahnhof
Further reading