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Drachenfutter (plural not attested)

1. (very rare) A gift given to placate someone, especially a spouse, who is angry at the giver.
   • 1998 September 27, Rich G., “ok”, in alt.games.diablo‎ (Usenet):

     Without Drachenfutter the divorce rate would be far higher than it is now! :)

   • 2005 April 16, Roger Whitehead, uk.rec.photo.misc‎ (Usenet):

     Invest in some Drachenfutter* as well, then. . . . *You'll know the principle even if you don't know the term. It's 'dragon fodder', what errant German husbands give their wives when they've been up to something she'll disapprove of.

   • 2014, Jane Thynne, A War of Flowers, →ISBN:

     From what she had heard of relations between the Propaganda Minister and his wife over the past summer, Magda must have received Drachenfutter by the kilo, but it was having little effect.