"Drahtzieher" meaning in German

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Noun

Audio: De-Drahtzieher.ogg
Etymology: From Draht (“wire”) + ziehen (“to pull”) + -er, literally “wire puller”. Etymology templates: {{compound|de|Draht|ziehen|-er|lit=wire puller|t1=wire|t2=to pull}} Draht (“wire”) + ziehen (“to pull”) + -er, literally “wire puller” Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Drahtzieher m (strong, genitive Drahtziehers, plural Drahtzieher, feminine Drahtzieherin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Drahtziehers [genitive], Drahtzieher [plural], Drahtzieherin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Drahtzieher [nominative, singular], Drahtzieher [definite, nominative, plural], Drahtziehers [genitive, singular], Drahtzieher [definite, genitive, plural], Drahtzieher [dative, singular], Drahtziehern [dative, definite, plural], Drahtzieher [accusative, singular], Drahtzieher [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (idiomatic) string puller, puppet master, mastermind, svengali Tags: idiomatic, masculine, strong Synonyms: Dunkelmann, Hintermann, Strippenzieher
    Sense id: en-Drahtzieher-de-noun-a5YYdWTX Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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