# der Killer

der Killer is a German noun meaning “killer”. Forms: des Killers, die Killer.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Killers
- Plural: die Killer

## In other languages

- Русский: убийца

## Meanings

1. _colloquial_ killer, murderer (usually either a paid killer, contract killer, gunman, hitman or a serial killer, often in proper nouns, e.g., in tabloids)
2. _colloquial_ hitman , ( contract killer ) killer
   - Er hat einen Killer engagiert, der sie töten soll.

## Examples

- Was hat Tom zu einem Killer gemacht? — What turned Tom into a killer?
- Ich sah den Killer. — I saw the killer.
- Der Killer hätte gestoppt werden können. — The killer could have been stopped.

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