Verkehr

Verkehr m (strong, genitive Verkehres or Verkehrs, plural Verkehre)

verbal noun of verkehren; correspondence, traffic (interaction involving the exchange of performances or messages)
Warenverkehr ― goods traffic

Verkehrssitte ― custom

geselliger Verkehr ― having visitors from society

Verkehrsanwalt ― a lawyer mediating contact of a main legal representative at the location of the competent court with a party
- 1896, Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, § 276:
  Fahrlässig handelt, wer die im Verkehr erforderliche Sorgfalt außer Acht läßt.
  Negligently acts he who lets the care of intercourse that is due go out of heed.
ellipsis of Straßenverkehr (“road traffic”)
Der Verkehr war heute wieder dicht! ― The traffic today has been dense again!
(euphemistic) ellipsis of Geschlechtsverkehr (“sexual intercourse”)

Declension of Verkehr [masculine, strong]

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¹Now rare, see notes.

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