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Killer

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nouninformalmasculine
  1. killer, murderer (usually either a paid killer, contract killer, gunman, hitman or a serial killer, often in proper nouns, e.g., in tabloid…
  2. clipping of Tintenkiller

Forms

Declension

singularplural
nominativeKillerKiller
genitiveKillersKiller
dativeKillerKillern
accusativeKillerKiller

Used in the library

  • Die Polizei verdächtigt einen Killer aus Hamburg.The police suspect a killer from Hamburg.A2Noch einmal, bitte (4) — Once more, please (4) (A2)
  • Im Krimi finden sie eine Leiche, und der Killer ist ein bekannter Krimineller.In the crime novel they find a body, and the killer is a well-known criminal.A2Noch einmal, bitte (2) — Once more, please (2) (A2)
  • „Sie sind die einzige Person, die mich nicht wie einen Killer behandelt hat", sagt er."You're the only person who didn't treat me like a killer," he says.A2Der Tote im Bootshaus — The dead man in the boathouse (A2)

Other ways to say it

  • Mördermurderer, assassin, assassinator, killer, slayer (male or of unspecified gender)

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