Mundraub

German

Etymology

18th century, from Mund (“mouth”) +‎ Raub (“robbery”), at first in northern authors after Middle Low German mundrôf (early 16th c.).

Pronunciation
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Noun

Mundraub m (genitive Mundraubes, plural Mundraube)

  1. theft of food for immediate consumption, which in some jurisdictions is treated as a trivial offence (in Germany until 1975)

Declension
Declension of Mundraub
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Mundraub die Mundraube
genitive eines des Mundraubes,
Mundraubs		 der Mundraube
dative einem dem Mundraub,
Mundraube1		 den Mundrauben
accusative einen den Mundraub die Mundraube
1Now uncommon, see notes
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