'People's traitor' rated Germany's 'ugliest unword' of 2016
Volksverraeter or "traitor of the people" has been rated Germany's ugliest word of 2016 by a linguists' panel. The annual Unwort des Jahres or 'unword of the year' contest allows people to send in submissions of terms deemed anti-democratic. Used recently by anti-Islam and right-wing groups and seen as having Nazi overtones, Volksverraeter has been used against Chancellor Angela Merkel.