Wucher
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German wuocher, from Old High German wuohhar, from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz. Compare Dutch woeker, English oker.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWucher m (strong, genitive Wuchers, no plural)
- usury (loaning at excessive interest rates)
- Nach christlicher Lehre ist nicht das Zinsnehmen als solches verboten, sondern nur der Wucher.
- According to Christian teaching, taking interest as such is not forbidden, but usury only.
- 1897, Karl Kautsky, quoting Thomas Müntzer, Hochverursachte Schutzrede [Apology][1], 1524, quoted in Communism in Central Europe in the Time of the Reformation, 4.viii:
- Sieh zu, die Grundsuppe des Wuchers, der Dieberei und Räuberei sein unser Herrn und Fürsten, nehmen alle Kreaturen zum Eigentum: die Fisch im Wasser, die Vögel in der Luft, das Gewächs auf Erden muß alles ihr sein (Jes. 5).
- Look ye! Our sovereign and rulers are at the bottom of all usury, thievery, and robbery; they take all created things into possession. The fish in the water, birds in the air, the products of the soil – all must be theirs (Isaiah v.).
- (by extension) sale at excessive prices; overpricing, gouging; highway robbery
- Vier Euro für ein kleines Bier, das ist doch Wucher!
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editDeclension of Wucher [sg-only, masculine, strong]
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