Karteileiche

== German == === Etymology === Kartei (“card catalog”) +‎ Leiche (“corpse”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaʁˈtaɪ̯ˌlaɪ̯çə/ === Noun === Karteileiche f (genitive Karteileiche, plural Karteileichen) (colloquial) nominal or inactive member (someone who is still formally registered as a member, but is completely inactive in practice) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Karteileiche” in Duden online “Karteileiche”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German)