Raubkopie

German

Etymology

Raub (“robbery”) +‎ Kopie (“copy”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁaʊ̯pkoˌpiː]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Raubkopie f (genitive Raubkopie, plural Raubkopien)

1. a copy of content the former of which has been obtained under violation of intellectual property rights

Usage notes

• Usage of the word has been pushed mainly by the music industry and there has been criticism that the word is a dysphemism, because Raub includes that someone uses violence against life or limb or threatens to apply it to take away something. A more neutral alternative is Schwarzkopie.

Declension

Declension of Raubkopie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Raubkopie	die	Raubkopien
genitive	einer	der	Raubkopie	der	Raubkopien
dative	einer	der	Raubkopie	den	Raubkopien
accusative	eine	die	Raubkopie	die	Raubkopien

Coordinate terms

• Raubdruck

Related terms

• Raubkopierer
• raubkopieren

Further reading

• “Raubkopie” in Duden online
• “Raubkopie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Raubkopie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon