Pächter

German

Etymology

pachten +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛçtɐ]
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Noun

Pächter m (strong, genitive Pächters, plural Pächter, feminine Pächterin)

  1. agent noun of pachten: tenant (male or of unspecified gender)
    Synonym: Pachter
    Antonym: Verpächter

Usage notes

Pächter usually refers to tenants of a piece of land (e.g., farmland, but also the land a residential property is built on), whole commercial buildings, petrol stations, and restaurants, taverns, inns, canteens, etc. Tenants of residential property and smaller commercial property are usually referred to as Mieter.

Declension

Derived terms

  • Afterpächter
  • Alleinpächter
  • Domänenpächter
  • Erbpächter
  • Farmpächter
  • Gaststättenpächter
  • Grundpächter
  • Gutspächter
  • Hofpächter
  • Jagdpächter
  • Kantinenpächter
  • Landpächter
  • Mitpächter
  • Steuerpächter
  • Tankstellenpächter
  • Teilpächter
  • Unterpächter
  • Zollpächter

Further reading

  • Pächter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Pächter” in Duden online
  • Pächter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon