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German
Etymology
From Middle High German rouberīe. By surface analysis, rauben + -erei.
Pronunciation
Noun
Räuberei f (genitive Räuberei, plural Räubereien)
- (repeated) robbery (an act of robbing (repeatedly))
1897, Karl Kautsky, quoting Thomas Müntzer, Hochverursachte Schutzrede [Apology], 1524, quoted in Der Kommunismus im Mittelalter und im Zeitalter der Reformation; translated as J.L. & E.G. Mulliken, transl., Communism in Central Europe in the Time of the Reformation, 2003:Sieh zu, die Grundsuppe des Wuchers, der Dieberei und Räuberei sein unser Herrn und Fürsten, nehmen alle Kreaturen zum Eigentum: die Fisch im Wasser, die Vögel in der Luft, das Gewächs auf Erden muß alles ihr sein (Jes. 5).- Look ye! Our sovereign and rulers are at the bottom of all usury, thievery, and robbery; they take all created things into possession. The fish in the water, birds in the air, the products of the soil – all must be theirs (Isaiah v.).
Declension
Further reading
- “Räuberei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Räuberei” in Duden online
- “Räuberei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon