Agent Provocateur

See also: agent provocateur and Agent provocateur

German

Alternative forms

• Agent provocateur

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French agent provocateur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʒɔ̃ː pʁoˌvokaˈtœʁ/, [ˈtœɐ̯]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Agent Provocateur m (strong, genitive Agent Provocateur, plural Agents Provocateurs or Agent Provocateur)

1. agent provocateur

Usage notes

• The spelling Agent Provocateur has been an optional spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform) as of 2006.
• The French plural -s is usually added in writing, but never pronounced (as in French itself). It may also be left out.

Declension

Declension of Agent Provocateur [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Agent Provocateur	die	Agents Provocateurs, Agent Provocateur
genitive	eines	des	Agent Provocateur	der	Agents Provocateurs, Agent Provocateur
dative	einem	dem	Agent Provocateur	den	Agents Provocateurs, Agent Provocateur
accusative	einen	den	Agent Provocateur	die	Agents Provocateurs, Agent Provocateur