Rohrkrepierer

== German == === Etymology === Rohr (“barrel”) +‎ krepieren (“to croak”) +‎ -er (instance noun suffix) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʁoːɐ̯kʁeˌpiːʁɐ/ === Noun === Rohrkrepierer m (strong, genitive Rohrkrepierers, plural Rohrkrepierer) (military) barrel burst (detonation of munitions while still in the barrel of the weapon) (figurative, informal) non-starter, flop (idea or project that is considered a failure right after, or even before, being launched) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Rohrkrepierer” in Duden online “Rohrkrepierer”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German)