Korean slang profile
차덕후
chadeokhu
Someone who loves cars or has extensive knowledge about them.
Someone who loves cars or has extensive knowledge about them.
- Expanded form
- 자동차 + 덕후자동차 (car) + 덕후 (enthusiast)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 5, 2012
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
차덕후 친구는 엔진 소리만 듣고도 관심을 보였어.
My car-enthusiast friend perked up just at the sound of the engine.
02Documented history
- 2012-12-05“2012년 신어 자료집”, published by the National Institute of Korean Language, included the headword and definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2012년 신어 자료집” lists the expression and explains its meaning. Its source-language information identifies the words that make up the expression. Its original creator and exact date of creation have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and examples of usage on PDF page 58 were directly compared. This is based on a single collection; the older article texts quoted there were not directly checked. The earliest verified date is the collection’s publication date, given on the copyright page on PDF page 70.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2012년 신어 자료집 — PDF 58쪽 (국립국어원)Published Dec 5, 2012Original source checked Nov 14, 2026