säckstation
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of säck (“sack; bag”) + station (“station”). First attested in 1899[1]. Cognate with German Sackbahnhof and Norwegian sekkestasjon.
Noun
[edit]säckstation c
- A terminus, a terminal; a type of train station without any thoroughfare, where the railroad tracks stop (although not necessarily the final stop of the line).
Usage notes
[edit]- Only used in a concrete sense about the station structure itself. The end of a line is called slutstation or ändstation.
- Depending on strictness; a station with thoroughfare can still be considered a säckstation if the continuing tracks only let the train turn around, or are under construction or maintenance, or if only freight trains pass through.
Declension
[edit]Declension of säckstation | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | säckstation | säckstationen | säckstationer | säckstationerna |
Genitive | säckstations | säckstationens | säckstationers | säckstationernas |
See also
[edit]- slutstation (“end of line, endstation”)
- ändstation (“end of line, endstation”)
- säckspår (“track without throughfare”)