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How do you ask 'Where is the train station?' in German?

Wo ist der Bahnhof? asks where the station is.

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  1. Wo ist der Flughafen?
  2. Wo ist der Bahnhof? ✔
  3. Wo ist die Haltestelle?

Why: Wo ist means 'where is' and Bahnhof is the train station. The wrong choices ask for the airport (Flughafen) and a bus or tram stop (Haltestelle).

Huh, didn't know that: The idiom 'Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof', literally 'I only understand train station', means I don't understand a thing.

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Answer: Wo ist der Bahnhof?. Wo ist means 'where is' and Bahnhof is the train station. The wrong choices ask for the airport (Flughafen) and a bus or tram stop (Haltestelle).

  1. Wiktionary: Bahnhof en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bahnhof
    railway depot, railroad station, railway station, train station
    Checked 2026-10-11.
  2. Duden: Bahnhof www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Bahnhof
    [immer] nur Bahnhof verstehen (umgangssprachlich: nicht richtig, überhaupt nichts verstehen
    Checked 2026-10-11.

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