Pressezeichner

press illustrator; editorial cartoonist

noun PREH-seh-tseykh-ner Rare

Usage Note

Pressezeichner is an artist who creates drawings, caricatures, or cartoons for newspapers and magazines. The role includes political cartoonists (Karikaturisten) and graphic journalists. German press has a strong tradition of Pressezeichner whose work appears on opinion pages and in satirical supplements.

Examples

"Der Pressezeichner kommentiert seit dreißig Jahren mit spitzer Feder die Bundespolitik."

Natural Translation

The press illustrator has been commenting on federal politics with a sharp pen for thirty years.

Literal Translation

The press-cartoonist comments since thirty years with pointed pen the federal-politics.

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