Schrankenwärter

German

Etymology

From Schranke (“gate, barrier”) +‎ -n- +‎ Wärter (“attendant, keeper, guard, warder”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʃʁaŋkn̩ˌvɛʁtɐ]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Schran‧ken‧wär‧ter

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

(rail transport, gated crossing) crossing keeper, grade crossing attendant, level crossing attendant, flagman
Synonyms: Bahnschrankenwärter, Bahnwärter, (Switzerland) Barrierenwärter

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Hypernyms

Wärter

Coordinate terms

Related terms

Bahnwärterhäuschen, Schrankenwärterhäuschen
Bahnabschnitt, Bahnübergang, Bahnschranke, Eisenbahnstrecke

Further reading

“Schrankenwärter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Schrankenwärter” in Duden online
“Schrankenwärter”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–

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