Köpenickiade

German

Etymology

From Köpenick, where in 1906 a cobbler impersonated a Prussian Guards officer and successfully confiscated the town's treasury, claiming to be acting in the name of the Kaiser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkøːpənɪˈki̯aːdə/
• Hyphenation: Kö‧pe‧ni‧cki‧a‧de

• Audio:

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Noun

Köpenickiade f (genitive Köpenickiade, plural Köpenickiaden)

1. con game involving pretending to be in a position of authority.
   • 2018 March 14, Kaspar Heinrich, “Des Henkers neue Kleider”, in Die Zeit‎^[1]:

     Von diesen Ereignissen, einer grausamen Köpenickiade, erzählt Der Hauptmann, der neue Film des zuletzt in Hollywood tätigen Regisseurs Robert Schwentke (Flightplan, R.E.D.).

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Declension

Declension of Köpenickiade [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Köpenickiade	die	Köpenickiaden
genitive	einer	der	Köpenickiade	der	Köpenickiaden
dative	einer	der	Köpenickiade	den	Köpenickiaden
accusative	eine	die	Köpenickiade	die	Köpenickiaden

Further reading

• “Köpenickiade” in Duden online
• Köpenickiade on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de