I'm looking for a good translation for cancelled in the context of transportation. As in
X bus line has been cancelled.
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4Do you mean a single bus that's not running today, or the whole line becoming inoperational?– IngmarJun 29, 2016 at 10:00
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Informally and for flights in particular, one may use cancel as a loan word, though the spelling can be awkward or difficult: Der Flug ist/wurde gecancelt/*gekänzelt.– CrissovJun 29, 2016 at 14:03
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1@Crissov I think annulieren would work better there. Der Flug ist annuliert worden.– Mr ListerJun 29, 2016 at 19:22
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The common verb to describe that a train/bus/plane is cancelled is ausfallen, in your example
Buslinie X fällt aus.
If the bus line simply ceased to exist, the translation would be
Die Buslinie X wurde eingestellt.
If there is is only a temporary obstacle, like an accident, I propose
Der Betrieb (auf) der Buslinie wurde (beispielsweise: für zwei Stunden) eingestellt.
For trains, which have more of an identity than buses as for flights typical phrase is:
Der Zug (ICE 801 or whatever its number) entfällt.
Depending on the context one could replace entfällt by wurde gestrichen if you need to emphasize the active part in the context as in wurde von der Fluglinie xy gestrichen.
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1"für zwei Stunden einstellen" sounds weird. "Einstellen" isn't quite a temporary thing, to my mind, but rather permanent. If it's temporary used, though, it's normally way longer than two hours (a year, e.g.). For short term cancellation, "vorrübergehend/für zwei Stunden ausfallen" seems better. Anyhow, +1 for also mentioning "ceasing to exist".– Em1Jun 29, 2016 at 11:52
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Die Idee all diese Begriffe zu vereinheitlichen, indem sie durch "GDL" ersetzt werden, konnte sich in der Bevölkerung noch nicht durchsetzten - trotz größter öffentlichkeitswirksamer Bemühungen der gleichnamigen Organisation.– nullJun 30, 2016 at 13:20
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Indeed both version "Bus X gestrichen" oder "Bus X entfällt" are the best translations. "Eingestellt" is rather used for a permanent cancellation while the others are more temporarily.– MatthiasJul 4, 2016 at 21:21