"Fliegenfänger" meaning in German

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Noun

Audio: De-Fliegenfänger.ogg
Etymology: From Fliege (“fly”) + -n- + Fänger (“catcher, one who catches”). The sports sense from the notion of someone trying to catch flies with their bare hands. Etymology templates: {{af|de|Fliege|-n-|Fänger|t1=fly|t3=catcher, one who catches}} Fliege (“fly”) + -n- + Fänger (“catcher, one who catches”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Fliegenfänger m (strong, genitive Fliegenfängers, plural Fliegenfänger) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Fliegenfängers [genitive], Fliegenfänger [plural], strong [table-tags], Fliegenfänger [nominative, singular], Fliegenfänger [definite, nominative, plural], Fliegenfängers [genitive, singular], Fliegenfänger [definite, genitive, plural], Fliegenfänger [dative, singular], Fliegenfängern [dative, definite, plural], Fliegenfänger [accusative, singular], Fliegenfänger [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. someone or something that catches flies, e.g. a strip of flypaper Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Fliegenfänger-de-noun-vqszh0TS Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms interfixed with -n-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of German terms interfixed with -n-: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20
  2. (sports, especially soccer) a bad goalkeeper Tags: especially, masculine, strong Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Sports
    Sense id: en-Fliegenfänger-de-noun-IgUcCmfx Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Chancentod
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