Fracht

See also: fracht

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German vracht, alongside vrecht. The form with -a- (see also Dutch vracht) may eventually be from Old Frisian[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fraxt/, [fʁäχt]
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Fracht f (genitive Fracht, plural Frachten)

  1. freight, cargo
  2. fare, the price paid for conveyance

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Kluge, Friedrich (2002), “Fracht”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

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

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German vracht, from Old Saxon *frēht.

Noun

Fracht f

  1. freight

Derived terms