Rattenfänger

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German

Etymology

From Ratte (“rat”) +‎ -n- +‎ Fänger (“catcher”). Sense 3 from the folk tale Der Rattenfänger von Hameln ("The Pied Piper of Hamelin").

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Noun

Rattenfänger m (strong, genitive Rattenfängers, plural Rattenfänger)

  1. ratcatcher
  2. rat dog
  3. (figuratively) pied piper, demagogue

Declension

Declension of Rattenfänger
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Rattenfänger die Rattenfänger
genitive eines des Rattenfängers der Rattenfänger
dative einem dem Rattenfänger den Rattenfängern
accusative einen den Rattenfänger die Rattenfänger

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