Tyrann
See also: tyrann
German
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editTyrann m (weak, genitive Tyrannen, plural Tyrannen, feminine Tyrannin)
- tyrant
- Sie waren keine Visionäre, sie ware Tyrannen.
- They were not visionaries, they were tyrants.
- 1799, Friedrich von Schiller, Die Bürgschaft:
- Zu Dionys dem Tirannen schlich / Möros, den Dolch im Gewande, / Ihn schlugen die Häscher in Bande. / Was wolltest du mit dem Dolche, sprich! / Entgegnet ihm finster der Wütherich. / „Die Stadt vom Tyrannen befreien!“ / Das sollst du am Kreutze bereuen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (by extension) bully
- (ornithology) tyrant flycatcher
Declension
editDeclension of Tyrann [masculine, weak]
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