Paketbombe

German

Etymology

Paket (“parcel”) +‎ Bombe (“bomb”)

Noun

Paketbombe f (genitive Paketbombe, plural Paketbomben)

1. parcel bomb
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 45/2010, page 17:

     Eine Paketbombe, die Anfang vergangener Woche im Kanzleramt eintraf, war von eher geringer Sprengkraft.

     A parcel bomb, which arrived in the Chancellery at the beginning of last week, was of comparatively smaller explosive force.

Further reading

• “Paketbombe” in Duden online