Gräueltat

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Gräuel +‎ Tat

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Gräu‧el‧tat
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Noun

Gräueltat f (genitive Gräueltat, plural Gräueltaten)

  1. atrocity
    • 2022 April 13, Ido Nahari, “Sklaven als Influencer”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN, page 13:
      Das zeigen Accounts wie „ichbinsophiescholl“ und „eva.stories“, die aus dem Geschichtsunterricht bekannte Gräueltaten als visuelle Tagebücher neu aufgelegt haben, um die Schrecken des Zweiten Weltkriegs aus Sicht seiner Leidtragenden zu schildern.
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Usage notes

  • The spelling Gräueltat has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Greueltat) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.

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