Trabant

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Trabant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌtɹæˈbænt/, /ˈtɹæˌbænt/ === Noun === Trabant (plural Trabants) A make of East German car. == German == === Alternative forms === Drabant (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German drabant (“Hussite foot soldier”), of unclear origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁaˈbant/ Rhymes: -ant === Noun === Trabant m (weak, genitive Trabanten, plural Trabanten) (historical) bodyguard of a noble (astronomy) satellite; moon follower of a figure or cause; hanger-on (humorous) child ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Trabantenstadt ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: trawant === Noun === Trabant m (strong, genitive Trabants or Trabant, plural Trabants, diminutive Trabi n) an East German make of car ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Trabant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Trabant” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Trabant” in Duden online Trabant on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de