nounnot in the study set
der Haupttäter
a perpetrator, as opposed to an instigator or an accomplice; main perpetrator
- genitive
- des Haupttäters
- plural
- die Haupttäter
- built from
- Haupt + Täter
Meanings
- 1
a perpetrator, as opposed to an instigator or an accomplice
- 2
main perpetrator — the one who contributed the most to, committed the main part of a crime
- 3
main perpetrator — archetypal perpetrator for a specific type of crime
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | derHaupttäter | dieHaupttäter |
| accusative | denHaupttäter | dieHaupttäter |
| dative | demHaupttäter | denHaupttätern |
| genitive | desHaupttäters | derHaupttäter |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.