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Meanings

  1. a style of clothing or appearance, chiefly one that is typical of some group, region or age; a traditional costume

  2. pollen carried to the hive

  3. colloquiala sequence or “load” of blows, punches (chiefly in Tracht Prügel, but also Tracht Schläge, Kloppe etc.)

  4. archaicsynonym of Ladung, Last (“load, burden”)

  5. costume; garb

    Im Spreewald und in Oberbayern kann man noch häufiger Trachten sehen.

Examples

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Sie bekommen die schlimmste Tracht Prügel Ihres Lebens.You will get the worst beating of your life.
Früher trug man jeden Tag Tracht.In former times one wore the national costume every day.
4 more examples
Dieses ungezogene Kind braucht mal eine Tracht Prügel.That naughty child needs a good beating.
Er trägt chinesische Tracht.He wears Chinese-style clothes.
Hanfu ist die traditionelle Tracht der Han-Chinesen vor der Qing-Dynastie.Hanfu is the traditional clothing used by the ethnic Han of China, before the Qing dynasty.
Tom bekam von seiner Mutter eine Tracht Prügel, weil er gelogen hatte.Tom got a sound beating from his mother because he had lied.