Tank

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See also: tank and tänk

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English tank.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /taŋk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋk

Noun[edit]

Tank m (strong, genitive Tanks or Tankes, plural Tanks or (very rare) Tanke)

  1. tank (container for liquids or gases)
  2. (military, archaic) tank (armoured fighting vehicle)
    Synonyms: Panzer, Panzerkampfwagen
    • 1942, Bertolt Brecht, Kinderkreuzzug 1939:
      Einmal, nachts, sahen sie ein Feuer / Da gingen sie nicht hin. / Einmal rollten drei Tanks vorbei / Da waren Menschen drin.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Further reading[edit]

  • Tank” in Duden online
  • Tank” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache