Attentat

See also: attentat and attentât

German

Etymology

Borrowed and relatinized from French attentat, from Latin attentatum, attemptatum (“attempt; attempted crime”), derived from attentō, attemptō.

May have been reinterpreted as a complex noun, with the second component being Tat (“deed, act, crime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈatənˌtaːt/, /ˌatənˈtaːt/

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• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

Attentat n (genitive Attentats or Attentates, plural Attentate)

1. attack; assassination (killing, or attempted killing, for ideological reasons)

Derived terms

• Attentäter

Further reading

• “Attentat” in Duden online