Nestbeschmutzer

/ˈnɛstbəʃmʊtsɐ/

der noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Negative
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: negative.

Forms

plural
die Nestbeschmutzer

Meaning

  1. someone who badmouths or betrays their own group, family, or country

    Built from Nest (nest) + beschmutzen (to soil).

    • Die Presse nannte ihn einen Nestbeschmutzer.

      The press called him a traitor to his own people.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Collective
Meaning fingerprint: Category: place. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: collective.

Made of

  • Nest nest
  • beschmutzen to soil

Practice

1 What does Nestbeschmutzer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Presse nannte ihn einen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Nestbeschmutzer?

nouncompound

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