Tracht

See also: tracht and trácht

German

Etymology

From Middle High German traht, from Old High German traht, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz, from the verb *draganą, whence modern tragen, thus originally “that which is borne/worn/carried”. Cognate with Dutch dracht, English draught. Not related to German trachten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traxt/, [tʁaχt]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Tracht f (genitive Tracht, plural Trachten)

1. a style of clothing typical of some region or age; a traditional costume
2. (beekeeping) pollen carried to the hive
3. (obsolete) load, burden

Declension

Declension of Tracht [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Tracht	die	Trachten
genitive	einer	der	Tracht	der	Trachten
dative	einer	der	Tracht	den	Trachten
accusative	eine	die	Tracht	die	Trachten

Related terms

• Eintracht
• einträchtig
• Einträchtigkeit
• Haartracht
• Niedertracht
• Tracht Prügel
• Trachtenverein
• trächtig
• Volkstracht
• Zwietracht
• zwieträchtig

Further reading

• “Tracht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Tracht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Tracht on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Tracht” in Duden online

Plautdietsch

Noun

Tracht f (plural Trachte)

1. fashion
2. custom