EuroLex/E/Truck (system)

truck (system)

  • Original language: English (not an English word, but an Anglicism nevertheless)
  • Original form and meaning: n. 'the payment of workers in the form of goods or vouchers'


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian trak-sistem 20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical; dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch truck (garage)-stelsen beg20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical + word comes from other source than English; dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German truck system [traksyste:m] end19c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, obsolete + word comes from other source than English; dito ...
Hungarian truck-rendszer [trakrendser] 20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, archaic + word comes from other source than English; dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian truck system [= English+Norwegian] end19c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: obsolete; dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian truck system [= English+Norwegian] 20c the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical, obsolete + word comes from other source than English; dito ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...
  • Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.
  • Information on Other Languages: Romanian: truck [= English], 20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: restricted use: technical;,