The German word for butcher is
Metzger
Gender
The gender of Metzger is masculine. E.g. der Metzger. The feminine form is die Metzgerin.German Definition
| butcher | |
| Substantiv: | |
| [1] Fleischer, Metzger, Schlachter | |
| [2] Schlächter (brutaler Killer) | |
| [1] Do you buy meat from the local butcher or at the supermarket? | |
| Kaufst Du dein Fleisch beim hiesigen Metzger oder im Supermarket? | |
| [2] The general was known as "the butcher". | |
| Der General war auch als "der brutale Schlächter" bekannt. | |
| Verb: | |
| [1] schlachten | |
| [2] abschlachten (brutal töten) | |
| [3] pfuschen | |
| [1] People would be less inclined to eat meat if they had to butcher the cow themselves. | |
| Die Menschen würden weniger dazu neigt, Fleisch zu essen, wenn sie die Kühe selbst schlachten müssten. | |
| [2] The army butchered hundreds of civilians. | |
| Die Armee massakrierte Hunderte von Zivilisten. | |
| [3] The spam email was written in butchered English. | |
| Die Spammail war in einem verpfuschten Englisch geschrieben worden. |
Translations for butcher and their definitions
| Schlachten | ||
| n. plural of Schlacht | ||
| v. to slaughter (kill livestock; kill people brutally) | ||
| Fleischer | ||
| n-m. (regional, chiefly northern and eastern Germany) butcher (male or of unspecified gender) | ||
| Proper noun. surname, from=occupations | ||
| Metzger |  | ||
| n-m. (regional, chiefly western Germany, southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) butcher (male or of unspecified gender) | |||
| Schlachter | ||
| n-m. (regional, parts of Northern Germany) butcher (male or of unspecified gender) | ||
| n-m. (regional, including western Germany) someone who works in a slaughterhouse (male or of unspecified gender) | ||
| Niedermetzeln | ||
| n. gerund of niedermetzeln | ||
| v. to massacre, slaughter | ||
| Schlächter | ||
| n-m. slaughterer, butcher (affective term for a killer; male or of unspecified sex) | ||
| Der Serienmörder wurde von der Lokalpresse als Stadtwald-Schlächter bezeichnet. - The serial killer was called the Urban-forest Butcher by the local press. | ||
| n-m. (regional) someone who works at a slaughterhouse (male or of unspecified gender) | ||
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