English-German translation for "stalking-horse"

"stalking-horse" German translation

stalking-horse
noun | Substantiv s

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Versteckpferd Vorwand, Deckmantel Marionettenfigur, Strohmann
  • Versteckpferdneuter | Neutrum n (auch Figur eines Pferdes, hinter der sich der Jäger versteckte)
    stalking-horse hunting | JagdJAGD history | GeschichteHIST
    stalking-horse hunting | JagdJAGD history | GeschichteHIST
  • Vorwandmasculine | Maskulinum m
    stalking-horse pretext figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Deckmantelmasculine | Maskulinum m
    stalking-horse pretext figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    stalking-horse pretext figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
examples
  • to makesomebody | jemand sb a stalking-horse
    jemanden vorschieben
    to makesomebody | jemand sb a stalking-horse
  • Marionette(nfigur)feminine | Femininum f
    stalking-horse politics | PolitikPOL decoy candidate figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Strohmannmasculine | Maskulinum m (zu bestimmten Zwecken in den Vordergrund gespielter, in Wirklichkeit unbedeutender Wahlkandidat)
    stalking-horse politics | PolitikPOL decoy candidate figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    stalking-horse politics | PolitikPOL decoy candidate figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
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