Gröfaz

German edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of größter Feldherr aller Zeiten (“greatest commander-in-chief of all time”). First attested in 1943, apparently coined to mock Nazi Germany's love of long and obtuse abbreviations and Adolf Hitler's megalomania.

The term was most likely coined in Berlin, where the word "Fatzke" was in common use to describe a thoroughly unpleasant, arrogant person,^[1] and the term was used to prevent offending Adolf Hitler publicly.

Noun edit

Gröfaz m (strong, genitive Gröfazes, no plural)

(historical) Adolf Hitler

Declension edit

Declension of Gröfaz [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Gröfaz
genitive	eines	des	Gröfazes
dative	einem	dem	Gröfaz, Gröfaze¹
accusative	einen	den	Gröfaz

¹Now rare, see notes.

References edit

^ “Fatzke”, in Duden (in German), 2022 February 2 (last accessed)

[Duden-1] “Fatzke”, in Duden (in German), 2022 February 2 (last accessed)

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