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Fahrspur

lane

noun FAHR-shpoor Less Common

Also means

traffic lane

Usage Note

Fahrspur is a single marked lane of traffic, often shortened to Spur in speech, as in die Spur wechseln (to change lanes). A motorway may have drei Fahrspuren in each direction.

Examples

"Auf der Autobahn musste er die Fahrspur wechseln."

Natural Translation

On the motorway he had to change lanes.

Literal Translation

On the motorway must he the lane change.

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