Durchstecherei

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German

Etymology

durchstechen +‎ -erei

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdʊʁçʃtɛçəˈʁaɪ̯/
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Noun

Durchstecherei f (genitive Durchstecherei, plural Durchstechereien)

  1. fraud
    Synonym: Betrug
    Korruption und Durchstecherei ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg, volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 57; republished as Helen T. Lowe-Porter, transl., 1927:
      Sein erstes Bedürfnis nach beendeter Mahlzeit war die Fingerschale mit parfümiertem Wasser, das zweite die russische Zigarette, die unverzollt war, und die er unterderhand, auf dem Wege gemütlicher Durchstecherei bezog.
      His first requirement after a meal was the finger-bowl of perfumed water, his second the Russian cigarette — which paid no duty, as he had a convenient way of getting them smuggled in.

Declension

Declension of Durchstecherei
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Durchstecherei die Durchstechereien
genitive einer der Durchstecherei der Durchstechereien
dative einer der Durchstecherei den Durchstechereien
accusative eine die Durchstecherei die Durchstechereien

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