Tröte

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German

Etymology

Derivative of tröten

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Trö‧te
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Noun

Tröte f (genitive Tröte, plural Tröten)

  1. (regional) toy horn, toy trumpet (a small trumpet-like wind instrument, especially for children)
    • 1991, Ralf Rothmann, Stier: Roman, 1st edition, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, →ISBN, page 80:
      Wir standen nämlich gerade vor einem Geschäft voller Fiedeln und Tröten und all dem Zeug.
      We were standing in front of a store full of fiddles and toy horns/trumpets and all that stuff.
  2. (regional, humorous) blowhorn, bullhorn, loudhailer, megaphone
    Synonyms: Megafon, Megaphon, (colloquial, humorous) Flüstertüte
    • 2014, Pea Jung, Clara: Die geheime Gabe, 1st edition, volume 1, (eBook), Norderstedt: Books on Demand, →ISBN:
      »Oh Mann!«, stöhnt der Geiselnehmer leise, während die zornige Frauenstimme eine nicht enden wollende Schimpftirade durch das Megaphon schickt. Irgendwann bricht sie mitten im Satz ab. Die Tröte ist ihr wohl entrissen worden.
      “Oh man!”, the hostage-taker moans softly as the angry woman‛s voice sends a never-ending scolding tirade through the megaphone. At some point she breaks off in the middle of a sentence. The blowhorn must have been snatched from her.

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Further reading

  • Tröte” in Duden online
  • Tröte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Tröte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon