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/

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• 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

• Attentäter m (“attacker; assassin”)

Further reading

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