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German
Pronunciation
Verb
schottern (weak, third-person singular present schottert, past tense schotterte, past participle geschottert, auxiliary haben)
- to gravel
- to remove ballast from railway tracks to sabotage operations, especially nuclear waste movements.
2010, Germany. Bundestag, Verhandlungen des Deutschen Bundestages: Drucksachen:Die Kampagne „Castor schottern" spricht von fast 1 000 verletzten Demonstranten, die meisten von ihnen hätten Augenverletzungen erlitten.- The "Sabotage Nuclear Waste Flasks" campaign spoke of nearly 1,000 injured protestors, most of whom would have suffered eye injuries.
2012 February 10, Stefan Schubert, Inside Polizei: Die unbekannte Seite des Polizeialltags, Riva Verlag, →ISBN, page 139:Streckenschutz, um die Bahngleise zu bewachen, um ein Schottern oder Blockieren zu vermeiden oder ein Zerstören von Signal- und Gleisanlagen zu unterbinden.- Line protection to watch the railway tracks, in order to avoid a ballast removal or blockage or to prevent the destruction of signal and track equipment.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
schottern (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
schottern (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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