Killer

See also: killer

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪlɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from English killer; analyzable as killen +‎ -er.

Noun

Killer m (strong, genitive Killers, plural Killer, feminine Killerin)

1. (informal) killer, murderer (usually either a paid killer, contract killer, gunman, hitman or a serial killer, often in proper nouns, e.g., in tabloids)

   Synonym: Mörder

Declension

Declension of Killer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Killer	die	Killer
genitive	eines	des	Killers	der	Killer
dative	einem	dem	Killer	den	Killern
accusative	einen	den	Killer	die	Killer

Derived terms

• Auftragskiller
• Killerspiel
• Klimakiller

Related terms

• killen

Etymology 2

Noun

Killer m (strong, genitive Killers, plural Killer)

1. clipping of Tintenkiller

Declension

Declension of Killer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Killer	die	Killer
genitive	eines	des	Killers	der	Killer
dative	einem	dem	Killer	den	Killern
accusative	einen	den	Killer	die	Killer

Derived terms

• killern

Further reading

• “Killer” in Duden online
• “Killer”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)