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. — Dejo
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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. — Dejo
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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