Köpenickiade

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German

Etymology

From Köpenick, where in 1906 a cobbler impersonated a Prussian Guards officer and successfully confiscated the town's treasury, claiming to be acting in the name of the Kaiser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkøːpənɪˈki̯aːdə/
  • Hyphenation: Kö‧pe‧ni‧cki‧a‧de
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Noun

Köpenickiade f (genitive Köpenickiade, plural Köpenickiaden)

  1. con game involving pretending to be in a position of authority.
    • 2018 March 14, Kaspar Heinrich, “Des Henkers neue Kleider”, in Die Zeit‎:
      Von diesen Ereignissen, einer grausamen Köpenickiade, erzählt Der Hauptmann, der neue Film des zuletzt in Hollywood tätigen Regisseurs Robert Schwentke (Flightplan, R.E.D.).
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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

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