# der Schlachter

der Schlachter is a German noun meaning “butcher”. Forms: des Schlachters, die Schlachter.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Schlachters
- Plural: die Schlachter

## In other languages

- Русский: мясник

## Meanings

1. _regional_ butcher (male or of unspecified gender)
2. _Germany · Western · including · regional_ someone who works in a slaughterhouse (male or of unspecified gender)
3. _vor allem in Norddeutschland_ butcher; slaughterer
   - Morgen bringen wir die Kuh zum Schlachter.

## Examples

- Der Schlachter wiegt das Fleisch. — The butcher is weighing the meat.
- Tom ist ein Schlachter. — Tom is a butcher.
- Schlachter handeln mit Fleisch. — A butcher deals in meat.
- Tom war Schlachter. — Tom was a butcher.

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