how to pronounce heuschrecke

/ˈhɔʏ̯ˌʃʁɛkə/

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heuschrecke is pronounced in three syllables

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hɔʏʃʁɛkə

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meanings of heuschrecke

noun:

  1. An investor from West Germany who did this in the former GDR, exploiting the chaos following German reunification.
  2. An investor who buys enterprises or properties and deals with them in a way that harms the local population.
  3. Grasshopper; locust.

heuschrecke frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR

the word heuschrecke occurs in german on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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