Lokführer

train driver

noun LOK-fue-rer Rare

Origin: short for Lokomotivführer

Also means

engine driver

Usage Note

Lokführer drives trains, a colloquial shortening of the formal Lokomotivführer. The feminine is Lokführerin. The plural is Lokführer, unchanged. Their union, the GDL, is well known for strikes.

Examples

"Der Lokführer bremste den Zug vor dem Bahnhof ab."

Natural Translation

The train driver slowed the train before the station.

Literal Translation

The train-driver braked the train before the station off.

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