# die Heuschrecke

die Heuschrecke is a German noun meaning “grasshopper”. Forms: der Heuschrecke, die Heuschrecken.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Heuschrecke
- Plural: die Heuschrecken

## In other languages

- Русский: энтомол. саранча
- Українська: коник

## Meanings

1. An orthopteran, chiefly a grasshopper or bush-cricket
2. _colloquial · derogatory_ an investor who buys enterprises or properties and deals with them in a way that harms the local population
3. _East · Germany · colloquial · derogatory · historical_ an investor from West Germany who did this in the former GDR, exploiting the chaos following German reunification
4. _historical_ The Heuschrecke 10, a prototype WW2 era tracked weapons carrier.
5. _Entomologie_ grasshopper; locust
   - Heuschrecken findet man oft in Wiesen.

## Examples

- Das ist kein Grashüpfer, sondern eine Heuschrecke. — That's not a grasshopper. It's a locust!
- Das ist keine Heuschrecke, sondern ein Grashüpfer. — That's not a locust, that's a grasshopper!
- Die Heuschrecke machte einen großen Sprung. — The locust made a big jump.
- Touristen sind Heuschrecken auf Rädern. — Tourists are locusts on wheels.

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