Trecker

See also: trecker

German

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɛkər/, [ˈtʁɛkɐ]
    • IPA(key): [ˈtχɛɡæ], [ˈtr-] (broad northern accent)
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Noun

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  1. (somewhat informal, regional, chiefly Northern Germany) Synonym of Traktor (“tractor”)
    • 2024 January 8, “Aktionen laufen an – erste Autobahnauffahrten blockiert”, in Der Spiegel‎, →ISSN:
      Die Landwirte protestieren in einer Aktionswoche gegen die Agrarpolitik der Bundesregierung. Bereits am frühen Morgen blockierten Trecker Autobahnauffahrten im Land.
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Usage notes
  • 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

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Further reading
  • “Trecker” in Duden online
  • “Trecker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Trecker” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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