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der Mordanschlag

assassination attempt, attempted murder

Mord murder + an toward, onto, or into contact + schlag to hit, to beat
noun · nominative / dative / accusative, singular masculine Rare #49,397
assassination attempt, attempted murder Usually refers to a planned attempt to kill a specific person.
GE: Die Polizei untersucht den Mordanschlag auf den Politiker.
EN: The police are investigating the assassination attempt on the politician.
Declension of Mordanschlag
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Nominative Mordanschlag —
Accusative Mordanschlag —
Dative Mordanschlag —

» David Robertson ist gerade knapp einem Mordanschlag entgangen «, sagte er.

“David Robertson has just narrowly escaped an assassination attempt,” he said.

„ Der andere Mordanschlag “, sagte Keith.

“The other assassination attempt,” Keith said.

Mordanschlag auf Generalgouverneur Terauchi und Graf Lee Wang-Young.

Assassination attempt on Governor-General Terauchi and Count Lee Wan-yong.

— Assassination (2015)

Das war ein Mordanschlag, gerichtet gegen mich.

That was an assassination attempt, directed against me.

— Bullet Train (2022)