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Word division: Schreck·ge·spenst
Tip: Gender of German nouns:
{m} = der, {f} = die, {n} = das, {pl} = die

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Schreckgespenst {n}; Popanz {m}; Schreckbild {n}; der schwarze Mann {m} [veraltet] [pej.]; der Butzemann {m} (Kinderschreck) bugaboo; bugbear; bogeyman [Br.]; bog(e)y [Br.]; boogeyman [Am.]; booger [Am.]; scarecrow (figure used to frighten children) [listen]

Sei brav, sonst holt dich der Popanz! Be good, or the bogeyman will come and get you!

Schreckgespenst {n} [übtr.] spectre [Br.]; specter [Am.]; hobgoblin [listen]

das Schreckgespenst Arbeitslosigkeit the spectre of unemployment

Scheingegner {m}; Scheinargument {n}; Schreckgespenst {n} (das jemand an die Wand malt) [ugs.] [pol.] straw man; man of straw [Br.]
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