autobahns
Germany's fast roads
Autobahns is the plural of autobahn, the German word for a high-speed highway.
In English, the term usually refers specifically to Germany's famous expressway system, known for sections without speed limits: We drove 150 kilometers per hour on the autobahn.
The word sometimes appears generically for any high-speed divided highway.
Without bounds or restrictions
- fastSpeedy, or skip eating
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- kilometersMetric distance units
racing · cruising · overtaking · throttle · speedometer · highspeed · unrestricted · advisory
Machines for transportation
- carsMotor vehicles for travel
- trucksHeavy cargo vehicles
- lorriesLarge road freight vehicles
- MercedesPremium German automaker
BMW · Porsche · Audi · Volkswagen · motorists · commuters · travelers · roadtrip
Central European nation
- BerlinGermany's largest city
- MunichBavaria's largest city
- FrankfurtGerman financial capital
- CologneMajor German Rhine city
Hamburg · engineering · precision · efficiency · German · European · Bavaria · roadtrip
Major intercity roads
- motorwaysMulti-lane high-speed roads
- expresswaysHigh-speed limited-access roads
- roadwaysPaved vehicle passages
- interchangesReciprocal substitutions or swaps
lanes · pavement · asphalt · bridges · tunnels · overpasses · underpasses · junctions
Nazi Germany's totalitarian leader
- 1930sFourth decade, twentieth century
- ReichGerman word for empire
- constructionProcess of building something
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
propaganda · postwar · reconstruction · expansion · engineering · legacy · infrastructure · development
unlimited
Without bounds or restrictions
- fastSpeedy, or skip eating
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
kilometers · racing · cruising · overtaking · throttle · speedometer · highspeed · unrestricted · advisory · tempo
vehicles
Machines for transportation
Mercedes · BMW · Porsche · Audi · Volkswagen · motorists · commuters · travelers · roadtrip · navigation
Germany
Central European nation
Cologne · Hamburg · engineering · precision · efficiency · German · European · Bavaria · roadtrip · transit
highways
Major intercity roads
- motorwaysMulti-lane high-speed roads
- expresswaysHigh-speed limited-access roads
- roadwaysPaved vehicle passages
interchanges · lanes · pavement · asphalt · bridges · tunnels · overpasses · underpasses · junctions · ramps
Hitler
Nazi Germany's totalitarian leader
- 1930sFourth decade, twentieth century
- ReichGerman word for empire
- constructionProcess of building something
labor · propaganda · postwar · reconstruction · expansion · engineering · legacy · infrastructure · development · modernization
autobahnsdirt roads
Unpaved travel surfaces
footpaths · country lanes · back roads · alleyways · unpaved roads
autobahnsrailways
Fixed-track transport systems
bicycle paths · canals · waterways · hiking trails · horse trails