Agent Provocateur
German, noun
Agent Provocateur is spelled A-G-E-N-T-P-R-O-V-O-C-A-T-E-U-R (16 letters). Agent Provocateur is a German masculine noun meaning “agent provocateur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Agent provocateur is a different word: “alternative spelling of Agent Provocateur”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der in fremdem Auftrag Personen zu gesetzeswidrigen, strafbaren Handlungen anstiftet, provoziert”.
What does Agent Provocateur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent provocateur
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of Agent Provocateur
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der in fremdem Auftrag Personen zu gesetzeswidrigen, strafbaren Handlungen anstiftet, provoziert
noun: 1. jemand, der in fremdem Auftrag Personen zu gesetzeswidrigen, strafbaren Handlungen anstiftet, provoziert
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Agent Provocateur
- Agents Provocateurs plural
- Agent provocateur alternative
- Agents provocateurs plural
- Agent Provocateur alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).