Krankenträger
German, noun[ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌtʁɛːɡɐ]
Krankenträger is spelled K-R-A-N-K-E-N-T-R-Ä-G-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krankenträger is a German masculine noun meaning “stretcher-bearer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die dabei mitwirkt, einen Kranken/Verletzten, der nicht selbst gehen kann, zu transportieren”.
What does Krankenträger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestretcher-bearer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die dabei mitwirkt, einen Kranken/Verletzten, der nicht selbst gehen kann, zu transportieren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Krankenträger
- Krankenträgers genitive
- Krankenträgern dative definite plural
- Krankenträgerin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Krankenträger?
- [ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌtʁɛːɡɐ]
- [-ˌtʁeːɡɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Krankenträger in German?
Krankenträger appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).