greengrocer's apostrophe in German

greengrocer's apostrophe in German is Deppenapostroph, Idiotenapostroph.

greengrocer's apostrophe in German

Deppenapostroph

noun

An incorrectly used apostrophe; (especially) one mistakenly used to form the plural of a noun, for example: writing the plural of banana as banana's (a possessive) instead of bananas.

Idiotenapostroph

noun

An incorrectly used apostrophe; (especially) one mistakenly used to form the plural of a noun, for example: writing the plural of banana as banana's (a possessive) instead of bananas.

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