"Schwarzer Peter" meaning in German

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Noun

Etymology: The card game is probably named after Johann Peter Petri (1752–1812), nickname “Schwarzpeter”. Etymology templates: {{!}} |, {{lang|de|Johann Peter Petri}} Johann Peter Petri, {{named-after|de|Johann Peter Petri|born=1752|died=1812|nocap=1|wplink==}} named after Johann Peter Petri (1752–1812) Head templates: {{de-noun|Schwarzer<+> Peter<m>}} Schwarzer Peter m (strong, definite nominative der Schwarze Peter, genitive (des) Schwarzen Peters, plural Schwarze Peter, definite plural die Schwarzen Peter) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|Schwarzer<+> Peter<m>}} Forms: der Schwarze Peter [definite, nominative], Schwarzen Peters [genitive], Schwarze Peter [plural], die Schwarzen Peter [definite, plural], strong [table-tags], Schwarzer Peter [nominative, singular, strong], Schwarze Peter [nominative, plural, strong], Schwarzen Peters [genitive, singular, strong], Schwarzer Peter [genitive, plural, strong], Schwarzem Peter [dative, singular, strong], Schwarzen Petern [dative, plural, strong], Schwarzen Peter [accusative, singular, strong], Schwarze Peter [accusative, plural, strong], Schwarze Peter [nominative, singular, weak], Schwarzen Peter [nominative, plural, weak], Schwarzen Peters [genitive, singular, weak], Schwarzen Peter [genitive, plural, weak], Schwarzen Peter [dative, singular, weak], Schwarzen Petern [dative, plural, weak], Schwarzen Peter [accusative, singular, weak], Schwarzen Peter [accusative, plural, weak], Schwarzer Peter [mixed, nominative, singular], Schwarzen Peter [mixed, nominative, plural], Schwarzen Peters [genitive, mixed, singular], Schwarzen Peter [genitive, mixed, plural], Schwarzen Peter [dative, mixed, singular], Schwarzen Petern [dative, mixed, plural], Schwarzen Peter [accusative, mixed, singular], Schwarzen Peter [accusative, mixed, plural]
  1. (card games) old maid Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-Schwarzer_Peter-de-noun-r-GHazy3 Topics: card-games, games
  2. (folklore) Black Peter Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Folklore Derived forms: den Schwarzen Peter zuschieben
    Sense id: en-Schwarzer_Peter-de-noun-8dIPs9F6 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 5 83 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 84 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 84 11 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences
  3. (figurative) buck, blame, responsibility, scapegoating, finger-pointing Tags: figuratively, masculine, strong Synonyms: Schuld
    Sense id: en-Schwarzer_Peter-de-noun-PrdfysXh

Inflected forms

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}

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