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Platzhirsch
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German
Etymology
de :af Platz Hirsch
de Platz Hirsch
Pronunciation
de /ˈplat͡sˌhɪrʃ/
de De-Platzhirsch.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Platz hirsch
Noun
m,(e)s,e
de hunting alpha deer
de figurative top dog, incumbent leader of the pack
de Dominik Baur CSU-Parteitag in Augsburg: Merz will lüften Die Tageszeitung: taz 2022-10-29 https://taz.de/!5891381/ 0931-9085 [Friedrich Merz] hat dem Platzhirsch Markus Söder, der hier am Vortag gesprochen hat, die Show gestohlen. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018102806/https://taz.de/CSU-Parteitag-in-Augsburg/!5891381/ 18 October 2026
Declension
m,(e)s,e
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