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The article for

Startbahn

die Startbahn

Startbahn is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Startbahnen

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Why is it die Startbahn?

Startbahn is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: die Bahn. So it’s die Startbahn.

Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] train, slopes, start on the plane

[1] Bahn, Piste, auf der Flugzeuge starten

Examples

[1] The runway was brightly enlightened

[1] Die Startbahn war hell erleuchtet.

[1] "He looks at how the plane follows a long ceremonial path to the runway" "

[1] „Er sieht zu, wie das Flugzeug einem langen zeremoniellen Weg zur Startbahn folgt.“
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These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "My mother stands on the glass front, the view towards the runway, where an aircraft is just setting up"

[1] „Meine Mutter steht an der Glasfront, den Blick Richtung Startbahn, wo gerade ein Flugzeug abhebt.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Startbahn die Startbahnen
Genitiv der Startbahn der Startbahnen
Dativ der Startbahn den Startbahnen
Akkusativ die Startbahn die Startbahnen

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