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German
Etymology
Untersuchung + -s- + Richter
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊntɐˈzuːxʊŋsˌʁɪçtɐ/
Noun
Untersuchungsrichter m (strong, genitive Untersuchungsrichters, plural Untersuchungsrichter, feminine Untersuchungsrichterin)
- (law) investigating judge
c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925, page 69:„Also,“ sagte der Untersuchungsrichter, blätterte in dem Heft und wendete sich im Tone einer Feststellung an K., „Sie sind Zimmermaler?“- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (historical) inquisitor (official of an ecclesiastical court who seeks out and suppresses those suspected of heresy)
Declension
Declension of Untersuchungsrichter
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