Tunnelbohrmaschine

German

Etymology

Tunnel (“tunel”) +‎ Bohrmaschine (“drill”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊnəlˌboːɐ̯maˌʃiːnə/

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Noun

Tunnelbohrmaschine f (genitive Tunnelbohrmaschine, plural Tunnelbohrmaschinen)

1. (engineering) tunnel boring machine, TBM, tunnelling machine (a large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section)

   Synonym: TBM

Declension

Declension of Tunnelbohrmaschine [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Tunnelbohrmaschine	die	Tunnelbohrmaschinen
genitive	einer	der	Tunnelbohrmaschine	der	Tunnelbohrmaschinen
dative	einer	der	Tunnelbohrmaschine	den	Tunnelbohrmaschinen
accusative	eine	die	Tunnelbohrmaschine	die	Tunnelbohrmaschinen

Further reading

• “Tunnelbohrmaschine” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Tunnelbohrmaschine” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon