Heuschrecke

Etymology
From, from. Analysable as 🇰🇲. Originally a masculine that developed into a feminine under the influence of the frequently used plural (a common development in modern German); compare the southern alternative form.

Noun

 * 1) grasshopper; locust
 * 2)  an investor who buys enterprises or properties and deals with them in a way that harms the local population
 * 3)  an investor from West Germany who did this in the former GDR, exploiting the chaos following German reunification
 * 1)  an investor from West Germany who did this in the former GDR, exploiting the chaos following German reunification