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German
Etymology
bummeln (“dawdle, ramble”) + Bahn (“railway, train”), possibly as a play on Bimmelbahn (“a train with a bell”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Bummelbahn f (genitive Bummelbahn, plural Bummelbahnen)
- (informal) A slow local train.
1905, Peter Cornelius, Peter Cornelius literarische werke, volume 2, page 692:Und die Ostbahn ist eine so furchtbare Bummelbahn. Die Mannheimer brauchen 14 — 15 Stunden hierher, die Berliner und Leipziger, die Wiener haben lauter anstrengende Fahrten.- The Ostbahn is one of those dreadful local trains. Mannheimers need 14 — 15 hours to get here; Berliners, Leipzigers and Viennese have nothing but stressful journeys.
2010, Lars Hein, Elternzeit in Japan, page 207:Den Rückweg von unserem beschaulichen Vorortstädtchen legen wir mit einer privaten Bummelbahn zurück.- For the return journey from our tranquil suburbs we rely on a private local train.
2014, Frank W. D. Röder, Vernunft und Leidenschaft - Steuer and Segel Unseres Lebens, volume 2, page 192:Eine Bummelbahn zucklte über eine bergige und kurvenreiche Strecke.- A local train trotted along a mountainous and curving stretch.
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