The Keepers of the Club

der Wart — the keeper, the warden. Duden: a person who is responsible for something specific or supervises it. The word comes from wahren, to keep or to guard. On its own it is old-fashioned. It lives on in compounds, and every German club has several of them.

der Kassenwart — the keeper of the cash box, the club treasurer

der Zeugwart — the keeper of the kit

der Platzwart — the keeper of the grounds

der Gerätewart — the keeper of the equipment

der Turnwart — the keeper of gymnastics, who organizes training and looks after the apparatus

der Jugendwart — the person in charge of the youth section

der Torwart — the keeper of the goal, the goalkeeper

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