Tunnelbohrmaschine
German
    
    Etymology
    
Tunnel (“tunel”) + Bohrmaschine (“drill”)
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈtʊnəlˌboːɐ̯maˌʃiːnə/
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Noun
    
Tunnelbohrmaschine f (genitive Tunnelbohrmaschine, plural Tunnelbohrmaschinen)
- (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
 
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