Sündenbock
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of Sünde (“sin”) + -n- + Bock (“he-goat; buck”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sündenbock m (strong, genitive Sündenbockes or Sündenbocks, plural Sündenböcke)
- scapegoat (goat imbued with the sins of the people)
- scapegoat (someone punished for someone else's error(s))
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Sündenbock” in Duden online
- “Sündenbock” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache