Revoluzzer
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian rivoluzionario.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Revoluzzer m (strong, genitive Revoluzzers, plural Revoluzzer, feminine Revoluzzerin)
- (derogatory) would-be revolutionary
- 1907, “Der Revoluzzer”, Erich Mühsam (lyrics):
- War einmal ein Revoluzzer, / Im Zivilstand Lampenputzer; / Ging im Revoluzzerschritt / Mit den Revoluzzern mit.
- He was once a revolutionary, / Civicly lamp cleaner; / Went the revolutionary's step / together with the revolutionaries.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Revoluzzer [masculine, strong]
Further reading[edit]
- “Revoluzzer” in Duden online