Stimmvieh

German

Etymology

From stimmen (“to vote”) +‎ Vieh (“cattle, livestock”), a calque of English voting cattle.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Stimmvieh n (strong, genitive Stimmviehs, no plural)

(derogatory) uncritical and easily manipulated voters

Declension

Declension of Stimmvieh [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Stimmvieh
genitive	eines	des	Stimmviehs
dative	einem	dem	Stimmvieh
accusative	ein	das	Stimmvieh

Further reading

“Stimmvieh” in Duden online
“Stimmvieh”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–

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