Polyglot Dictionary

Strohmann

/ˈʃtʁoːˌman/

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 Neutral

Forms

plural
Strohmänner

Meaning

  1. front man

    Built from Stroh (straw) + Mann (man).

    • Er war nur ein Strohmann.

      He was just a front man.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Stroh straw
  • Mann man

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

testaferro

testaferro is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "front man."

Portuguese

testa-de-ferro

testa-de-ferro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "front man."

Practice

1 What does Strohmann mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er war nur ein ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Strohmann?

nouncompound

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