Trecker
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See also: trecker
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Phono-semantic matching of English tractor, whence also latinised German Traktor. After the Low German and Ripuarian verb trecken (“to drag, to pull”). Compare the same in Dutch trekker (“tractor”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Trecker m (strong, genitive Treckers, plural Trecker)
- (somewhat informal, regional, chiefly Northern Germany) Synonym of Traktor (“tractor”)
- 2024 January 8, “Aktionen laufen an – erste Autobahnauffahrten blockiert”, in Der Spiegel[1], →ISSN:
- Die Landwirte protestieren in einer Aktionswoche gegen die Agrarpolitik der Bundesregierung. Bereits am frühen Morgen blockierten Trecker Autobahnauffahrten im Land.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes[edit]
- In Northern Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia, the word Trecker is strongly predominant in everyday use, while Traktor is mostly reserved to very formal contexts. Elsewhere Trecker is usually understood, but uncommon.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Trecker [masculine, strong]
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Further reading[edit]
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