Trog

See also: trog and trög

German

verschiedene hölzerne Tröge in einem Schuppen — various troughs in a shed (1)

Trog — trench. (2)

Etymology

From Old High German trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz. Akin to Dutch trog, English trough, Swedish tråg.

Noun

Trog m (genitive Trogs or Troges, plural Tröge)

A trough (for cattle)
(geology) A trench (often filled with sediments)

Declension

Declension of Trog

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Trog	die	Tröge
genitive	eines	des	Troges, Trogs	der	Tröge
dative	einem	dem	Trog, Troge¹	den	Trögen
accusative	einen	den	Trog	die	Tröge

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

(trough for cattle fodder): Futtertrog m, Futterkrippe f, Krippe f
(geological trench): Graben m

Derived terms

Futtertrog m

Further reading

Trog in Duden online

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