Trabant
See also: trabant
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Trabant.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɹæˈbænt/, IPA(key): /ˈtɹæbænt/
Noun
A Trabant car in London.
Trabant (plural Trabants)
- A make of East German car.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German drabant (“Hussite foot soldier”), of unclear origin[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʀaˈbant/
- Rhymes: -ant
Noun
Trabant m (genitive Trabanten, plural Trabanten)
- (historical) Bodyguard of a noble.
- (astronomy) A satellite; a moon.
- A follower of a figure or cause; a hanger-on.
- (humorous) A child.
Declension
Declension of Trabant
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Trabant | die | Trabanten |
| genitive | eines | des | Trabanten | der | Trabanten |
| dative | einem | dem | Trabanten | den | Trabanten |
| accusative | einen | den | Trabanten | die | Trabanten |
Derived terms
- Trabantenstadt
Noun
Trabant m (genitive Trabants or Trabant, plural Trabants, diminutive Trabi n)
- an East German make of car
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