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gadgetbahnen

Syllables: gad·get·bahn·enUK/ˈɡædʒɪtˌbɑːnən/US/ˈɡæd͡ʒətˌbɑnən/

gadgetbahnen is the plural of gadgetbahn.

Meaning of gadgetbahn

Noun

gadgetbahn (plural gadgetbahns or gadgetbahnen)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A public transportation scheme based on modern technology which seems to be infeasible or unnecessary.
    • To cite a favorite example of gadgetbahnen enthusiasts, automated train operation is as easily applied to conventional rail as monorails, as demonstrated by the Vancouver, BC, Skytrain (which uses standard railroad technology, not monorail as some Seattle monorail boosters apparently believe). […]...2002 November 25, Michael D. Setty; Leroy W. Demery, Jr., “Conventional Rail vs. ‘Gadgetbahnen’”, in Planetizen, Los Angeles, Calif., archived from the original on 02 May 2021

Origin of gadgetbahnen

From English gadget + German Bahnen (plural of Bahn).

Questions about gadgetbahnen

What is gadgetbahnen the plural of?
Gadgetbahnen is the plural of gadgetbahn.
How do you pronounce gadgetbahnen?
Gadgetbahnen is pronounced /ˈɡædʒɪtˌbɑːnən/ (UK).

Words near gadgetbahnen in the dictionary

  1. gadger
  2. gadgers
  3. gadges
  4. gadget
  5. gadgetbahn
  6. gadgetbahnen
  7. gadgetbahns
  8. gadgeteer
  9. gadgeteering
  10. gadgeteers
  11. gadgetless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gadgetbahnen (page history and authors); gadgetbahn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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