autobahn

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Autobahn.

Pronunciation

Noun

autobahn (plural autobahns or autobahnen)

  1. The high-speed intercity highways of Germany and Austria.
    • 2009 January 22, Nicholas Kulish, “Soccer Titan Raises Profile of Tiny Village”, in New York Times‎:
      On a recent afternoon a work crew and crane were affixing the tall lettering to the side of the team’s new stadium, just off the autobahn in Sinsheim, a few miles from Hoffenheim.
  2. By analogy, any wide, high-speed road.
    • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 112:
      These ant autobahns function much the same as human highways to speed transport of goods and to reduce bumps and potholes in the path.

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