related discussion:Baumleiter

Alles schon dagewesen.

Wow, I learned something new here! Looked at the old thread and the suggestion there might be BE, at least I'm not familiar with it. I know it as:

"Can you give me a boost?"

brings back childhood memories...

Do you really say "Mach mal Baumleiter" without any article and not "Mach mal EINEN Baumleiter" ?

whoops, meant EINE Baumleiter of course.

Naturally I can only comment on "Räuberleiter": Mach mir mal 'ne (eine) Räuberleiter.

A thread on Räuberleiter should be in the archive as well.

@Werner: I like "Räuberleiter" better too. It sounds a lot cooler. ;-)

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Give me a boost (over the fence) can but must not necessarily be a Räuberleiter. As kids we invariably asked, "Put your hands together (to help me get over the fence)." Or: "Fold your hands (so I can climb over)." It would be interesting to know if AE or BE literature has ever used the term "thieve´s ladder"?--Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn come to mind