noun
train station, railway station
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Bahnhof: means 'train station' or 'railway station'. Masculine noun (der Bahnhof). Plural: Bahnhöfe (umlaut + -e). Genitive: des Bahnhofs. Common prepositions: 'am Bahnhof' (an + dem) for location, 'zum Bahnhof' (zu + dem) when going to the station. Used in travel contexts.
Examples
Der Bahnhof ist 10 Minuten von hier entfernt.
The train station is ten minutes away from here.
Wir treffen uns am Bahnhofsvorplatz.
We'll meet at the station forecourt.
Vor dem Bahnhof wartete ein Mann, weil sein Zug ausgefallen war.
A man waited in front of the station because his train had been cancelled.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a big sign 'Bahnhof' above the station entrance with trains behind it.
Sounds a bit like 'bahn + hof (yard)' — imagine the train yard.
der — imagine a male station master (der Bahnhof).
Notes
Genitive singular often 'des Bahnhofs' in everyday speech.