Köpenickiade
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Köpenick, where in 1906 a cobbler impersonated a Prussian Guards officer and successfully confiscated the town's treasury, claiming to be acting in the name of the Kaiser.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Köpenickiade f (genitive Köpenickiade, plural Köpenickiaden)
- con game involving pretending to be in a position of authority.
- 2018 March 14, Kaspar Heinrich, “Des Henkers neue Kleider”, in Die Zeit[1]:
- Von diesen Ereignissen, einer grausamen Köpenickiade, erzählt Der Hauptmann, der neue Film des zuletzt in Hollywood tätigen Regisseurs Robert Schwentke (Flightplan, R.E.D.).
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Köpenickiade [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Köpenickiade | die | Köpenickiaden |
| genitive | einer | der | Köpenickiade | der | Köpenickiaden |
| dative | einer | der | Köpenickiade | den | Köpenickiaden |
| accusative | eine | die | Köpenickiade | die | Köpenickiaden |
Further reading[edit]
- “Köpenickiade” in Duden online
Köpenickiade on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
