Masculine
Meaning
- (agent, form-of, masculine, strong) agent noun of Rad fahren: cyclist
- (figuratively, informal, masculine, strong) someone who is meek towards their superiors and despotic towards their inferiors
Rad fahren
to cycle, to ride a bike
Synonyms
Pedalritter
Schleimscheißer
Zweiradfahrer
Liebediener
Ja-Sager
Zweiradfahrerin
Stiefellecker
sein Fähnlein nach dem Winde drehen
williger Vollstrecker
Erfüllungsgehilfe
Abnicker
Gesinnungslump
Gesinnungsakrobat
Translations
Frequency
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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