Rinderdieb

German

Etymology

From Rind (“cattle”) +‎ -er- +‎ Dieb (“thief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɪndɐˌdiːp]
• Hyphenation: Rin‧der‧dieb

Noun

Rinderdieb m (strong, genitive Rinderdiebes or Rinderdiebs, plural Rinderdiebe, feminine Rinderdiebin)

1. cattle thief

Declension

Declension of Rinderdieb [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rinderdieb	die	Rinderdiebe
genitive	eines	des	Rinderdiebes, Rinderdiebs	der	Rinderdiebe
dative	einem	dem	Rinderdieb, Rinderdiebe1	den	Rinderdieben
accusative	einen	den	Rinderdieb	die	Rinderdiebe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

• Viehdieb

Further reading

• “Rinderdieb” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.