Schlagbaum

== German == === Etymology === 16th century, from schlagen +‎ Baum. The former word refers to the “slamming down”. The latter is used in the dated sense of “stem, beam, pole”; compare cognate English beam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃlaːkˌbaʊ̯m/ (standard) IPA(key): /ˈʃlaxˌbaʊ̯m/ (northern and central Germany, now chiefly colloquial) === Noun === Schlagbaum m (strong, genitive Schlagbaumes or Schlagbaums, plural Schlagbäume) barrier, tollbar (structure consisting of a long beam on a joint, used to control passage) Synonyms: Absperrbalken, Barriere, Schranke ==== Usage notes ==== Not used for automatic barriers, which are always called Schranke. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: szlaban → Russian: шлагба́ум (šlagbáum)→ Armenian: շլագբաում (šlagbaum)→ Azerbaijani: şlaqbaum→ Georgian: შლაგბაუმი (šlagbaumi)→ Latvian: šlagbaums === Further reading === “Schlagbaum” in Duden online “Schlagbaum”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)