Heuschrecke.
An orthopteran, chiefly a grasshopper or bush-cricket
Meaning & usage
An orthopteran, chiefly a grasshopper or bush-cricket
an investor who buys enterprises or properties and deals with them in a way that harms the local population
an investor who buys enterprises or properties and deals with them in a way that harms the local population an investor from West Germany who did this in the former GDR, exploiting the chaos following German reunification
The Heuschrecke 10, a prototype WW2 era tracked weapons carrier.
Where this word comes from
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.
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