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German
Etymology
Literally, “murder and manslaughter”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔʁt ʊnt ˈtoːtʃlaːk/
Noun
Mord und Totschlag
- blood and thunder
- Es herrscht Mord und Todschlag. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
1829, Georg Döring, Die Mumie von Rotterdam, volume 1:Wohl an zwanzig Kerle, denen Mord und Todschlag aus den Augen blitzten, drangen aus der Thüre.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2022 November 9, “Harsums Bürgermeister wird bedroht: „Lebensqualität eingeschränkt“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN: