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German
Etymology
Liebe (“love”) + -s- + Töter (“killer”), perhaps a calque of French tue-l’amour.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːbəsˌtøːtɐ/
- Hyphenation: Lie‧bes‧tö‧ter
Noun
Liebestöter m (strong, genitive Liebestöters, plural Liebestöter)
- (colloquial, humorous) unsexy underwear
- Antonym: Reizwäsche
2004 February 14, Nike Breyer, “Comeback eines Liebestöters”, in taz:Dabei war die gegen weibliche Einflüsterungen offenbar resistente männliche Vorliebe für den sauberen, „anständig“ sitzenden Liebestöter seinerzeit fast schon heldenhaft: Spießigkeit und Biederkeit hießen die vernichtenden Charakterfehler, die man seit den modisch und sexuell befreiten 1970er-Jahren diesem soliden und hygienischen Trikot nachsagte – und übel nahm.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (by extension) anything perceived as a turn-off
Declension
Declension of Liebestöter
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