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Aasfresser

Learn a funny, quirky German word each week with DW's Word of the Week feature. This week: Aasfresser.

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Tigers, sharks and humans are "Fleischfresser," literally flesh-eaters, or carnivores. Squirrels and goats fit into the herbivore, or "Pflanzenfresser" category as they eat "Pflanzen," plants. What, then, is an "Aasfresser?" Don't let your imagination run astray; "Aasfresser" like vultures and raccoons don't eat #*$%, they eat carrion. That is, nature's trash.
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