Abdecker

German

Etymology

Originally “the person that strips the hide (back then called Decke) from a perished animal”.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Abdecker m (strong, genitive Abdeckers, plural Abdecker)

1. knacker (one who deals with animal cadavers)

Declension

Declension of Abdecker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Abdecker	die	Abdecker
genitive	eines	des	Abdeckers	der	Abdecker
dative	einem	dem	Abdecker	den	Abdeckern
accusative	einen	den	Abdecker	die	Abdecker

Related terms

• abdecken
• ab
• decken

Further reading

• “Abdecker” in Duden online
• “Abdecker”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)