Attentat

== 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/ Rhymes: -aːt === Noun === Attentat n (strong, genitive Attentates or Attentats, plural Attentate) attack; assassination (killing, or attempted killing, for ideological reasons) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Attentäter m (“attacker; assassin”) === Further reading === “Attentat” in Duden online “Attentat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache