Revoluzzer
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian rivoluzionario.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁevoˈlʊt͡sɐ/
- Hyphenation: Re‧vo‧luz‧zer
Noun
Revoluzzer m (genitive Revoluzzers, plural Revoluzzer, feminine Revoluzzerin)
- (derogatory) would-be revolutionary
- 1907, Erich Mühsam (lyrics), “Der Revoluzzer”:
- War einmal ein Revoluzzer, / Im Zivilstand Lampenputzer; / Ging im Revoluzzerschritt / Mit den Revoluzzern mit.
- He was once a revolutionary, / Civicly lamp cleaner; / Went the revolutionary's step / together with the revolutionaries.
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Declension
Further reading
- Revoluzzer in Duden online
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