Platzhirsch

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German

Etymology

Platz +‎ Hirsch

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Platz‧hirsch

Noun

Platzhirsch m (strong, genitive Platzhirsches or Platzhirschs, plural Platzhirsche)

  1. alpha deer
  2. (figurative) top dog, incumbent (leader of the pack)
    • 2022 October 29, Dominik Baur, “CSU-Parteitag in Augsburg: Merz will lüften”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      [Friedrich Merz] hat dem Platzhirsch Markus Söder, der hier am Vortag gesprochen hat, die Show gestohlen.
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