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Haltestelle

stop

noun HAL-tuh-shtel-uh Rare
Travel & Places Transportation

Origin: from halten (to stop) and Stelle (place)

Also means

bus or tram stop

Usage Note

Haltestelle is feminine and the general word for a bus or tram stop. A bus-only version is a Bushaltestelle; major hubs are instead Bahnhof or Station. Plural: Haltestellen.

Examples

"An der nächsten Haltestelle müssen wir aussteigen."

Natural Translation

We have to get off at the next stop.

Literal Translation

At the next stop must we out-step.

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