Masculine

Wucherer

Meaning

usurer (one who loans money at exorbitant interest rates), loan shark

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

halsabschnyyder

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wuecherer

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvuːxəʁɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German wuocherære, from Old High German wuohharāri, derived from wuohhar, whence modern German Wucher (“usury”).

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