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German
Etymology
Eid + Brecher
Noun
Eidbrecher m (strong, genitive Eidbrechers, plural Eidbrecher)
- oathbreaker
1959 July 17, Marion Gräfin Dönhoff, “Nach 15 Jahren: Die Offiziere vom 20. Juli sollen Vorbild sein”, in Die Zeit, page 3:Der Ruf: „Landesverräter“, „Eidbrecher“ schwoll also erst in diesen Jahren angesichts solcher Politik zu voller Lautstärke an. Mancher Offizier, der sich noch am 20. Juli 1944 mit Recht gefragt hatte, ob der Eid, den er geschworen hatte, auch dann noch bindet, wenn das Staatsoberhaupt sich als Führer einer Verbrecherbande entpuppt hatte- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- perjurer
Declension