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German
Etymology
Tür + Hüter
Pronunciation
Noun
Türhüter m (strong, genitive Türhüters, plural Türhüter)
- (dated) Synonym of Pförtner
c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:Als der Türhüter das merkt, lacht er und sagt: „Wenn es dich so lockt, versuche es doch trotz meines Verbotes hineinzugehn. Merke aber: ich bin mächtig. Und ich bin nur der unterste Türhüter. Von Saal zu Saal stehn aber Türhüter, einer mächtiger als der andere. Schon den Anblick des dritten kann nicht einmal ich mehr vertragen.“- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Türhüter” in Duden online
- “Türhüter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache