Tankwart

German

Etymology

Shortened from Tankstellenwart. Analysable as tanken (“to refuel”) +‎ Wart (“guard, keeper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtaŋkvaʁt]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Tank‧wart

Noun

Tankwart m (strong, genitive Tankwarts or Tankwartes, plural Tankwarte or (younger, more informal) Tankwärte, feminine Tankwartin or Tankwärtin)

1. filling station attendant, one who performs general tasks (such as assisting or cashing) at a filling/gas/petrol station

Declension

Declension of Tankwart [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tankwart	die	Tankwarte, Tankwärte
genitive	eines	des	Tankwarts, Tankwartes	der	Tankwarte, Tankwärte
dative	einem	dem	Tankwart, Tankwarte1	den	Tankwarten, Tankwärten
accusative	einen	den	Tankwart	die	Tankwarte, Tankwärte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Tankwart”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)