Schranke
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]
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Descendants edit
- Czech: šraňk
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schränken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891