Killer
German (Berlin)
/ˈkɪlɐ/
noun
Definitions
- (informal) A killer, murderer (male or of unspecified sex) (usually either a paid killer, contract killer, gunman, hitman or a serial killer, often in proper nouns, e.g., in tabloids).
Etymology
Borrowed from English killer suffix from German killen.
Origin
German (Berlin)
killen
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- giantkiller English
- godkiller English
- kill English
- killer English
- killeress English
- killerly English
- killership English
- man-killer English
- mankiller English
- mosskiller English
- nonkiller English
- painkiller English
- self-killer English
- shipkiller English
- weedkiller English
- Killerin German
- killen German
- killer Italian
- киллер Russian
- キラー Japanese