Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun a set of events in late 1977, revolving around the kidnapping and murder of industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer, by the Red Army Faction (RAF), and the hijacking of the Lufthansa aeroplane Landshut by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Derived from the 1978 film "Deutschland im Herbst" (Germany in Autumn)

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word German Autumn.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.