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

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʁaŋkə/
  • (file)

Noun edit

Schranke f (genitive Schranke, plural Schranken)

  1. gate (barrier that can be pulled or moved up to allow passage)
    Synonym: (chiefly military) Schlagbaum
  2. (by extension) a level crossing with such a gate
    Synonym: Bahnübergang
  3. (chiefly figurative) some other kind of barrier or limit
    Synonym: Grenze

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Descendants edit

  • Czech: šraňk

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schränken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading edit

  • Schranke” in Duden online
  • Schranke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache