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Betrug
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betrug
German
de:
Etymology
de ine-pro *dʰrewgʰ- deceive
From de gmh betroc, from de goh bitrog, from de gmw-pro *bidrog. The -u- is from de Trug, itself a back-formation from gmh trüge, from goh trugī, from the same Indo-European root.
Pronunciation
de /bəˈtʁuːk/ standard
de /bəˈtʁʊx/ northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial
de De-Betrug.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de uːk ʊx 2
Noun
m,(e)s,^e
fraud
deception, deceit
cheating
Declension
m,(e)s,^e
Synonyms
de Schwindel
Derived terms
de adjectives betrügerisch betrugsanfällig
nouns with it at the beginning de Betrugsmasche Betrugsschema
nouns with it somewhere else de Anlagebetrug Bankbetrug Steuerbetrug Trickbetrug Arbeitszeitbetrug
Further reading
de Crime