Terror

See also: terror

English

Etymology

Proper noun form of terror. Translation of French Terreur, as coined by the Thermidorian Reaction

Proper noun

Terror

1. (politics, history, usually with the) The Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
2. (politics, history, usually with the) Any specific one of several historical reigns of terror.

Synonyms

(phase of French Revolution): Great Terror

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʁoːɐ̯/

• Audio:

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Noun

Terror m (strong, genitive Terrors, no plural)

1. terror

   Synonym: Schrecken m

   • 1911 September, Leon Trotzky, “Über den Terror”, in Der Kampf‎^[1]; translated into English as Why Marxists Oppose Individual Terrorism‎^[2], 2006 November:

     Und die einzige Frage bleibt, ob die bürgerlichen Politiker das Recht haben, kübelweise moralische Entrüstung über den proletarischen Terrorismus auszugießen, wenn ihr ganzer Staatsapparat mit seinen Gesetzen, seiner Polizei, seiner Armee nichts anderes als ein Apparat für kapitalistischen Terror ist!

     And the only question remaining is whether the bourgeois politicians have the right to pour out their flood of moral indignation about proletarian terrorism when their entire state apparatus with its laws, police and army is nothing but an apparatus for capitalist terror!

Declension

Declension of Terror [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Terror
genitive	eines	des	Terrors
dative	einem	dem	Terror
accusative	einen	den	Terror

Derived terms

• terrorartig
• Terrorist
• Terrorismus

Related terms

• Terrorakt, Terroralarm, Terrorangriff, Terroranschlag, Terrorattacke, Terrorbande, Terrorbekämpfung, Terrorgefahr, Terrorgruppe, Terrorherrschaft, Terrororganisation, Terrorvereinigung, Terrorzelle
• Bombenterror, Luftterror, Psychoterror, Staatsterror, Telefonterror

Further reading

• “Terror” in Duden online
• “Terror” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache