Bauernopfer

German

Etymology

Bauer (“pawn”) +‎ -n- +‎ Opfer (“sacrifice”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaʊ̯ɐnˌʔɔp͡fɐ/
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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

(chess) pawn sacrifice
(figurative) fall guy, scapegoat; sacrificial lamb
- 2022 October 18, Konrad Litschko, “Nancy Faeser entlässt BSI-Präsident: Schönbohm ist weg”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
  Die Union hatte Schönbohms geplante Ablösung dagegen als „Bauernopfer“ kritisiert.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

“Bauernopfer” in Duden online
“Bauernopfer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Bauernopfer”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
“Bauernopfer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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