Froschfresser
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Frosch (“frog”) + Fresser (“eater”). The derogatory use probably after English frogeater. Attestations from the 19th century are often in English contexts.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Froschfresser m (strong, genitive Froschfressers, plural Froschfresser, feminine Froschfresserin)
- (literally) frog eater, someone or something that eats frogs
- Der Reiher ist ein Froschfresser. ― The heron is a frog eater.
- (derogatory) frogeater, a French person
- 1814, Heinrich Luden, “Politische Caricaturen”, in Nemesis, number 2:
- John Bull, ein dicker, knolliger Bauer oder Spießbürger, ist immer das personificirte Englische Volk, der Franzose ein dürrer, ausgehungerter Frog-eater (Froschfresser), die politischen Damen ungeheuer dicke, aus Fleischgebirgen zusammengesetzte Maritornen u. s. w., und aus jedem Munde dieser Figuranten gehen Zeddel mit ihren Aeußerungen in die Luft.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Froschfresser [masculine, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Froschfresser” in Duden online
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