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German
Etymology
Bauer (“pawn”) + -n- + Opfer (“sacrifice”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Bauernopfer n (strong, genitive Bauernopfers, plural Bauernopfer)
- (chess) pawn sacrifice
- (figurative) fall guy, scapegoat; sacrificial lamb
2022 October 18, Konrad Litschko, “Nancy Faeser entlässt BSI-Präsident: Schönbohm ist weg”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Die Union hatte Schönbohms geplante Ablösung dagegen als „Bauernopfer“ kritisiert.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Bauernopfer
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