Attentäter
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See also: attentater
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Attentat (“attack, assassination”) + -er, influenced by Täter (“doer, perpetrator”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈatənˌtɛːtər/, [ˈʔa.tn̩ˌtɛː.tɐ], [-tən-], [-ˌteː-]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: At‧ten‧tä‧ter
Noun
[edit]Attentäter m (strong, genitive Attentäters, plural Attentäter, feminine Attentäterin)
- attacker, assassin (one who kills, or attempts to kill, for ideological reasons)
- Synonym: (descriptive) Verüber eines ideologisch motivierten Mordanschlags
Declension
[edit]Declension of Attentäter [masculine, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Attentäter” in Duden online
- “Attentäter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache