Attentäter

See also: attentater

German

Etymology

Attentat (“attack; assassination”) +‎ -er, influenced by Täter (“one who does; a perpetrator”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈatənˌtɛːtɐ/, [ˈatənˌtɛːtɐ], [ˈatn̩ˌtɛːtɐ] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈatənˌteːtɐ/ (overall more common, particularly northern and eastern regions)

Noun

Attentäter m (genitive Attentäters, plural Attentäter, feminine Attentäterin)

  1. attacker; assassin (one who kills, or attempts to kill, for ideological reasons)

Declension
Declension of Attentäter
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Attentäter die Attentäter
genitive eines des Attentäters der Attentäter
dative einem dem Attentäter den Attentätern
accusative einen den Attentäter die Attentäter

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