Fahrtunterbrechung

break in a journey, stopover

noun FAHRT-oon-ter-breh-khoong Rare

Usage Note

Fahrtunterbrechung refers to a planned stop during a trip, e.g. on an Autobahn drive. Many German rail tickets allow one Fahrtunterbrechung without extra charge.

Examples

"Wir machten eine Fahrtunterbrechung an der Raststätte."

Natural Translation

We made a stop at the motorway service station.

Literal Translation

We made a journey break at the rest stop.

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