Heuschrecke

Signification (Anglais)

1. (feminine) An orthopteran, chiefly a grasshopper or bush-cricket
2. (colloquial, derogatory, feminine) an investor who buys enterprises or properties and deals with them in a way that harms the local population
3. (East, Germany, colloquial, derogatory, especially, feminine, historical) an investor who buys enterprises or properties and deals with them in a way that harms the local population
4. (feminine) {Military vehicle|historical} The Heuschrecke 10 a prototype WW2 era tracked weapons carrier.

Concepts

sauterelle

criquet

locuste

acridien

Tettigoniidae

Acrididae

Synonymes

Grashüpfer

Grille

🦗

Graßhüpfer

Zikade

Hummer

🦞

Languste

Schrecke

Spekulant

Finanzjongleur

hervorstehend

Zocker

Kredithai

Heupferd

Acrididae

Heuschreck

Heugumper

Finanzhai

Heuhüpfer

Traductions

grasshopper

saltamontes

cavalletta

sprinkhaan

gafanhoto

langosta

🦞

locust

çekirge

llagosta

grillo

🦗

ακρίδα

locusta

saltamartí

Dialectes

canton d’Argovie

heugümper

canton de Bâle-Campagne

haigumper

canton de Saint-Gall

hööschtäffìl

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɔʏ̯ˌʃrɛkə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen haut-allemand: höuschrecke

Hérité de ancien haut allemand: houwiscrecko

In summary

From Middle High German höuschrecke, from Old High German houwiscrecko. Analysable as Heu (“hay”) + schrecken (“to jump up”). Originally a masculine that developed into a feminine under the influence of the frequently used plural (a common development in modern German); compare the southern alternative form.