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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Reisetasche

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Rai-se-ta-sche

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gripsack/ˈɡrɪp.sæk/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er packte seine kleine Reisetasche."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A small traveling bag or suitcase; a carpetbag.

    "He packed his few belongings into a worn leather gripsack and boarded the evening train."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived as a blend of the verb 'grip' (from Old English grippan) and 'sack' (from Old English sacc or Germanic roots). It emerged in the United States in the mid-19th century, originally referring to a small traveling bag that could be firmly grasped in the hand.

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