Attentäter

See also: attentater

German

Etymology

Attentat (“attack; assassination”) +‎ -er, influenced by Täter (“one who does; a perpetrator”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈatənˌtɛːtɐ/, [ˈatənˌtɛːtɐ], [ˈatn̩ˌtɛːtɐ] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /-ˈteːt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)

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• Hyphenation: At‧ten‧tä‧ter

Noun

Attentäter m (genitive Attentäters, plural Attentäter, feminine Attentäterin)

1. attacker; assassin (one who kills, or attempts to kill, for ideological reasons)

Further reading

• “Attentäter” in Duden online
• “Attentäter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache