Potemkinsches Dorf

German

Etymology

See Potemkin village.

Noun

Potemkinsches Dorf n (genitive Potemkinschen Dorfes, plural Potemkinsche Dörfer)

  1. Potemkin village (any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances)
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