Bahnhofsmission

German

Etymology

From Bahnhof (“train station”) +‎ -s- +‎ Mission (“mission, missionary service”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːnhoːfsmɪˌsjoːn/

Proper noun

die Bahnhofsmission f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Bahnhofsmission)

  1. (Germany) a Christian relief organization that helps homeless people at train stations

Noun

Bahnhofsmission f (genitive Bahnhofsmission, plural Bahnhofsmissionen)

  1. a facility of this organization at a given train station
    • 2018 October 27, “"Ohrwurm!": Stambouli verrät seinen liebsten Schalke-Fangesang”, in www.onefootball.com‎[1]:
      Und der verriet auch noch gleich, welches Lied er am liebsten selbst grölt: „‚Wir sind Schalker, asoziale Schalker, schlafen unter Brücken oder in der Bahnhofsmission‘ – Das ist mein absolutes Lieblingslied“, so der Franzose.
      And while he was at it, [Benjamin Stambouli] also revealed which [fan] song he loves to chant along most: “‘We are Schalkers, anti-social Schalkers, we sleep under bridges or at the station mission’ – that’s my absolutely favorite song”, the Frenchman said.
      (The cited self-deprecating song is a stock-in-trade among fans of FC Schalke 04, where Stambouli played at the time.)

Declension

Declension of Bahnhofsmission [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Bahnhofsmission die Bahnhofsmissionen
genitive einer der Bahnhofsmission der Bahnhofsmissionen
dative einer der Bahnhofsmission den Bahnhofsmissionen
accusative eine die Bahnhofsmission die Bahnhofsmissionen
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