# der Quacksalber

der Quacksalber is a German noun meaning “quack”. Forms: des Quacksalbers, die Quacksalber.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Quacksalbers
- Plural: die Quacksalber

## In other languages

- Русский: знахарь-шарлатан

## Meanings

1. quack, quacksalver (unqualified healer or incompetent doctor; male or unspecified sex)
2. _derogatory_ quacksalver; mountebank; quack; medicaster
   - Er war an einen Quacksalber geraten.

## Examples

- Er ist ganz sicher ein Quacksalber. — He must be a quack doctor.
- Die Welt ist voller Quacksalber. — The world is full of incompetent doctors.

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