Schranke
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See also: Schränke
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German schranke, related to Old High German firskrenken (“to prevent”), German schränken (“to put or pile things crosswise”), from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz (“barrier, grid”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schranke f (genitive Schranke, plural Schranken)
- gate (barrier that can be pulled or moved up to allow passage)
- Synonym: (chiefly military) Schlagbaum
- (by extension) a level crossing with such a gate
- Synonym: Bahnübergang
- (chiefly figurative) some other kind of barrier or limit
- Synonym: Grenze
Declension
[edit]Declension of Schranke [feminine]
Hyponyms
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[edit]- Czech: šraňk
References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schränken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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