Schreibtischtäter

== German == === Etymology === Schreibtisch (“writing desk”) +‎ Täter (“criminal”), adapted from English desk murderer, initially used to describe Nazi bureaucrats involved in the planning of genocide, in particular Adolf Eichmann during the Eichmann trial in 1961. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃʁaɪ̯ptɪʃˌtɛːtɐ/ IPA(key): /-ˌteːtɐ/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: Schreib‧tisch‧tä‧ter === Noun === Schreibtischtäter m (strong, genitive Schreibtischtäters, plural Schreibtischtäter) desk murderer, mastermind; a person who arranges for (orchestrates) the commission of a crime without directly committing it ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Schreibtischtäter” in Duden online “Schreibtischtäter”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) Schreibtischtäter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de