# der Schienenstrang

der Schienenstrang is a German noun meaning “stretch of railway track”. Forms: des Schienenstranges, die Schienenstränge.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Schienenstranges
- Plural: die Schienenstränge

## In other languages

- Русский: ж.-д. путь, рельсовая нитка

## Meanings

1. _archaic · literary_ stretch of railway track
   - Eines Morgens stand ich dann am Bahnsteig, / an dem Schienenstrang zur grossen Welt, / und ich wusste plötzlich auf dem Bahnsteig, / dass mich nichts in dieser Stadt mehr hält — One morning had me standing on the platform, / by the tracks out into the wide world, / and suddenly I knew, there, on the platform, / that there was nothing keeping me in this town anymore

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