ersatz
Something made in imitationSomething made in imitation; an effigy or substitute.
» They didn't have real coffee, so they drank ersatz.
Sie hatten keinen Bohnenkaffee, also tranken sie Muckefuck.
Meaning
1 sensesSomething made in imitation; an effigy or substitute.
Ersatz
суррога́тsurrogát, замени́тельzamenítelʹ, эрза́цerzác
ерза́цerzác, сурога́тsurohát, замі́нникzamínnyk
an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
Examples
2 sentencesThey didn't have real coffee, so they drank ersatz.
deSie hatten keinen Bohnenkaffee, also tranken sie Muckefuck.
Even the ersatz of the flies imposed their menu on us, the content of which I will not have to bellow.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from German Ersatz (“replacement, substitute”), a back-formation from ersetzen (“Borrowed from German Ersatz (“replacement, substitute”), a back-formation from ersetzen (“to replace, to substitute”).
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