Trafo

See also: trafo

German

Etymology

From Transformator, since the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Trafo m (strong, genitive Trafos or (less common) Trafo, plural Trafos)

1. (electrical engineering) syllabic abbreviation of Transformator

Declension

Declension of Trafo [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Trafo	die	Trafos
genitive	eines	des	Trafos, Trafo1	der	Trafos
dative	einem	dem	Trafo	den	Trafos
accusative	einen	den	Trafo	die	Trafos

¹Less common.

Descendants

• → Turkish: trafo

Further reading

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