What does it mean?
Ă–ffis is a slang term for public transport and is often used in colloquial conversations or by tabloid newspapers.
How do you use it or where might you see it?
The full word for “public transport” in German – öffentlicher Verkehr – doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.
So Germans often just shorten this to öffis in everyday conversation. Öffis is also a blanket term to refer to all modes of possible public transport – whether its bus, train, tram, or even ferry.
How to use it?
Das €49 Ticket gilt für alle Öffis.
The €49 Ticket is good for all public transport.
Ich nehme Ă–ffi und nicht mit dem Auto.
I take public transport instead of the car.
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