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German
Etymology
Nacht (“night”) + Portier (“porter”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Nachtportier m (strong, genitive Nachtportiers, plural Nachtportiers or Nachtportiere)
- night porter
1970, Uwe Johnson, Jahrestage: Aus dem Leben von Gesine Cresspahl, volume 1, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, page 29:Und das Wetter in Nordvietnam war wieder gut genug für Bombenangriffe, und das Pentagon läßt durchblicken, daß die ja ihre eigenen Maschinen in China verstecken, und gestern morgen überfielen drei Männer das Schuyler Arms Hotel in der 98. Straße, schossen den Nachtportier an und entkamen mit 68 Dollar.- And the weather in North Vietnam was good enough again for bombing raids, and the Pentagon intimates that they are hiding their own machines in China, and yesterday morning three men raided the Schuyler Arms Hotel on 98th Street, shooting and wounding the night porter and absconding with 68 dollars.
1979, Nicolas Born, Die Fälschung: Roman, 1st edition, Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, →ISBN, page 129:Unter den Leuten, die seinen Tod beschlossen hatten, war auch einer der beiden Nachtportiers.- Among the people who had decided his death was also one of the two night porters.
2004, Martin Suter, Lila, Lila: Roman, Zürich: Diogenes, →ISBN, page 326:Aber der Nachtportier, ein verständnisvoller älterer Pole, nahm die Stühle von einem Tisch und brachte zwei Flaschen Bier.- But the night porter, a sympathetic elderly Pole, took the chairs from a table and brought two bottles of beer.
2009 March 5, “Ein beliebter Studentenjob”, in Kurier, page 11:Nach Dienstschluss übergeben sie die Portierloge entweder den Nachtportieren oder sorgen für die ordentliche Versperrung der Gebäude.- After work, they either hand over the porter’s lodge to the night porters or take care of the proper sealing of the buildings.
2015, Helge Timmerberg, Die Märchentante, der Sultan, mein Harem und ich, München: Piper, published 2014, →ISBN, page 101:Der Schmierlappen von Nachtportier gab uns ein Zimmer, das ich nüchtern sofort wieder verlassen hätte.- The greasy slimeball of a night porter gave us a room that I would have immediately left sober.
Usage notes
- The second plural is commonly used in Austria.
Declension
Declension of Nachtportier
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