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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "bahnsteig" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "bahnsteig" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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Here you have der Bahnsteig defined as “the train track
(at the station, the part where people wait).”
If der Bahnsteig is the part where people wait, I’d call it a “platform” in English. The “train track” would be the parallel metal bars that the train rolls down.
As a side note, I think it might be an American thing to focus on the track rather than the platform – i.e. “My train departs on Track 3” rather than “…from Platform 5.” I might be mistaken though…we only have like three train stations left over here. ;)
Ah, thanks, I added “platform”. In Germany, when announcing where a train is going to go, they also use “das Gleis” by the way. So sometimes Bahnsteig, sometimes Gleis. And the “Gleis” is the actual track.