Trecker

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German

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Etymology

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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

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

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Trecker m (strong, genitive Treckers, plural Trecker)

  1. (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

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  • 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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Descendants

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  • Kashubian: trëker

Further reading

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