Sündenbock

German

Etymology

Compound of Sünde (“sin”) +‎ -n- +‎ Bock (“he-goat; buck”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʏndənˌbɔk/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Sündenbock m (strong, genitive Sündenbockes or Sündenbocks, plural Sündenböcke)

  1. scapegoat (goat imbued with the sins of the people)
  2. scapegoat (someone punished for someone else's error(s))

Synonyms

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.