"Killer" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪlɐ/ Audio: De-Killer.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from English killer; analyzable as killen + -er. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|de|en|killer|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English killer, {{bor+|de|en|killer}} Borrowed from English killer, {{suffix|de|killen|-er}} killen + -er Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Killer m (strong, genitive Killers, plural Killer, feminine Killerin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Killers [genitive], Killer [plural], Killerin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Killer [nominative, singular], Killer [definite, nominative, plural], Killers [genitive, singular], Killer [definite, genitive, plural], Killer [dative, singular], Killern [dative, definite, plural], Killer [accusative, singular], Killer [accusative, definite, plural]
  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) Tags: informal, masculine, strong Categories (topical): Occupations, Writing Synonyms: Mörder Derived forms: Auftragskiller, Killerspiel, Klimakiller Related terms: killen
    Sense id: en-Killer-de-noun-~DP2n96v Disambiguation of Occupations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Writing: 81 19 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 77 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪlɐ/ Audio: De-Killer.ogg
Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Killer m (strong, genitive Killers, plural Killer) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Killers [genitive], Killer [plural], strong [table-tags], Killer [nominative, singular], Killer [definite, nominative, plural], Killers [genitive, singular], Killer [definite, genitive, plural], Killer [dative, singular], Killern [dative, definite, plural], Killer [accusative, singular], Killer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. Clipping of Tintenkiller. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, masculine, strong Alternative form of: Tintenkiller Derived forms: killern
    Sense id: en-Killer-de-noun-z9ikgQXD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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