# die Tracht

die Tracht is a German noun meaning “costume”. Forms: der Tracht, die Trachten.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Tracht
- Plural: die Trachten

## In other languages

- Русский: ноша, груз

## 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. _colloquial_ a sequence or “load” of blows, punches (chiefly in Tracht Prügel, but also Tracht Schläge, Kloppe etc.)
4. _archaic_ synonym of Ladung, Last (“load, burden”)
5. costume; garb
   - Im Spreewald und in Oberbayern kann man noch häufiger Trachten sehen.

## Examples

- 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.
- 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.

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