German abbreviations: S- Bahn = Schnellbahn, Hbf = Hauptbahnhof
The english/ australian language loves the shortening of words or phrases, a cup of tea becomes a "cuppa"", breakfast "brekkie"", a lipstick is a "lippi"and a comfortable chair is simply "comfy".
You can find similar attempts in German, die Universitaet is called die "Uni" and die Fotografie is simply ´" Foto".
But do you know other German acronyms or abbreviations? Here is a little quiz::
- die Aluminiumfolie =
- die Mathematik =
- das Badezimmer =
- der Kugelschreiber =
- die Limonade =
- der Reisepass =
- der Orangensaft =
- der Originalton =
- der Schiedsrichter =
- der Kriminalfilm/ Kriminalroman =
- der Regenschirm =
- die Lokomotive =
- der Buestenhalter =
- die Toilette =
- die Schallplatte =
- der Fernsehapparat =
- die prominenten Leute =
- die Schnellbahn =
- die Untergrundbahn =
- der Transformator =
- der Hilfsarbeiter =
- der Assistent =
- der Auszubildende =
- der Dinosaurier =
- der Durchschnitt =
Please click here for your answers.
