Attentat

See also: attentat and attentât

German

Etymology

Borrowed and relatinized from French attentat, from Latin attentātum, attemptātum (“attempt; attempted crime”), derived from attentō, attemptō.

May have been reinterpreted as a complex noun, with the second component being Tat (“deed, act, crime”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈatənˌtaːt/, /ˌatənˈtaːt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

Attentat n (strong, genitive Attentates or Attentats, plural Attentate)

  1. attack; assassination (killing, or attempted killing, for ideological reasons)

Declension
Declension of Attentat [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Attentat die Attentate
genitive eines des Attentates, Attentats der Attentate
dative einem dem Attentat, Attentate1 den Attentaten
accusative ein das Attentat die Attentate

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Attentat” in Duden online
  • “Attentat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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