Nahversorger

German

Etymology

nah (“near, close”) +‎ Versorger (“supplier”). First attested in the 1940s in academic literature, entering a more standard register in the 1990s, especially in Austria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːfɛɐ̯zɔrɡɐ/

Noun

Nahversorger m (strong, genitive Nahversorgers, plural Nahversorger)

  1. (especially Austria) local business, local store, corner store (business supplying the residents of the immediately surrounding area, especially with food/items of everyday need)
    • 1992 March 15, “Besenrein übernehmen”, in Der Spiegel‎[1], number 12/1992, archived from the original on 13 July 2022:
      Die Bundesregierung hat sich bislang um die notleidenden Nahversorger nicht gekümmert.
      Andere Großunternehmen werden von der Treuhand mit Milliardenspritzen unterstützt. Die Konsum-Manager mußten den Marsch in die Marktwirtschaft allein antreten.
      The federal government has so far not supported the suffering local retail stores.
      Other large companies were supported by the Trust agency with injections worth billions. The Konsum executives had to manage the way to the market economy on their own.
    • 2007 November 6, Christoph, “Ploetzliche Haeufung von Unfaellen an Bahnuebergaengen”, in at.verkehr.bahn‎[2] (Usenet):
      Ja wenn wir heute noch Nahversorger hätten, dann bräuchte sie nicht pendeln.
      Yes well if we still had corner stores nowadays, she wouldn't need to commute.

Declension

Declension of Nahversorger [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Nahversorger die Nahversorger
genitive eines des Nahversorgers der Nahversorger
dative einem dem Nahversorger den Nahversorgern
accusative einen den Nahversorger die Nahversorger

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