Tretmühle

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tretemüle, equivalent to treten +‎ Mühle. In the sense of "fitness device", a calque of English treadmill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtreːtˌmyːlə/

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Noun

Tretmühle f (genitive Tretmühle, plural Tretmühlen)

1. treadwheel, treadmill, a grain crusher constructed to be driven by feet
2. (colloquial, regional) a recurring monotonous work

   Hyponyms: Leier, Litanei

3. (uncommon, proscribed) treadmill as a fitness device to run upon

   Synonym: Laufband

Declension

Declension of Tretmühle [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Tretmühle	die	Tretmühlen
genitive	einer	der	Tretmühle	der	Tretmühlen
dative	einer	der	Tretmühle	den	Tretmühlen
accusative	eine	die	Tretmühle	die	Tretmühlen

Further reading

• “Tretmühle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Tretmühle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Tretmühle” in Duden online
• Tretmühle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de