Sachsenschlächter
German
editEtymology
editFrom Sachse (“Saxon”) + -n- + Schlächter (“slaughterer”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editder Sachsenschlächter m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Sachsenschlächters)
- A pejorative nickname for Charlemagne, chiefly used by German nationalists of the anti-Christian, völkisch camp, due to Charlemagne’s Christianization wars and most notably the Massacre of Verden.