Masculine

Radfahrer

Meaning

  1. (agent, form-of, masculine, strong) agent noun of Rad fahren: cyclist
  2. (figuratively, informal, masculine, strong) someone who is meek towards their superiors and despotic towards their inferiors

Rad fahren

to cycle, to ride a bike

Frequency

38k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

weeloofaarer

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʁa(ː)tˌfaːʁɐ/
Etymology

From Rad (“bicycle”) + Fahrer (“driver”). The former is short for Fahrrad. The figurative sense (early 20th c.) is from the notion of nach oben buckeln und nach unten treten (“to bow to the top and kick to the bottom”).

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