Masculine

Vertreter

Sentences
An user
Einige   Vertreter   der  Polyquaternium-Gruppe  haben   zusätzliche   Funktionen .

Some representatives of the Polyquaternium group have additional functions.

An user
Die   berühmtesten   Vertreter   der  Zhuge-Familie  sind   fett   markiert .

The most famous representatives of the Zhuge family are marked in bold.

An user
Gabun
Gabun
  durfte   nun   auch   Vertreter   in   die   französische   Nationalversammlung   entsenden .

Gabon was now also allowed to send representatives to the French National Assembly.

An user
Herzog  Vincenzo  war   der   bedeutendste   Vertreter   seines   Geschlechtes .

Duke Vincenzo was the most important representative of his gender.

Meaning

  1. (agent, form-of, masculine, strong) agent noun of vertreten
  2. (masculine, strong) representative, agent

vertreten

  1. (class-5, strong, transitive) to step in, fill (a stead, gap)
  2. (class-5, common, strong, transitive) to fill in for, to substitute
  3. (broadly, class-5, strong, transitive) to represent
  4. (class-5, strong, transitive) to advocate, defend (a cause), to hold (an opinion)
  5. (class-5, strong, transitive) to go for a walk (especially after a long period of sitting)
  6. (class-5, strong, transitive) to sprain one’s leg/foot/knee/ankle

Frequency

C1
Dialects

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

raisänd

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯ˈtʁeːtɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Late Middle High German vertreter; vertreten + -er.

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