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)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

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, →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

Declension of Trecker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Trecker	die	Trecker
genitive	eines	des	Treckers	der	Trecker
dative	einem	dem	Trecker	den	Treckern
accusative	einen	den	Trecker	die	Trecker

Related terms

• Treck

Descendants

• → Kashubian: trëker

Further reading

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