Pappenheimer
German
Etymology
Pappenheim + -er. Figurative sense from a well-known line in the play Walleinstein's Death (1799).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpapənˌhaɪ̯mɐ/
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Noun
Pappenheimer m (strong, genitive Pappenheimers, plural Pappenheimer)
- (literal) inhabitant of Pappenheim
- (figurative, in the plural, often ironic) buddy, pal
- seine Pappenheimer kennen ― to know one's crowd
- 2016 March 8, Sonja Vogel, “Burn, Deutschland, burn”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
- Und die Etablierten kennen ihre Pappenheimer, sonst würden sie ja nicht ständig versuchen, den Fremdenfeinden das Wasser abzugraben.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Pappenheimer [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Pappenheimer | die | Pappenheimer |
| genitive | eines | des | Pappenheimers | der | Pappenheimer |
| dative | einem | dem | Pappenheimer | den | Pappenheimern |
| accusative | einen | den | Pappenheimer | die | Pappenheimer |
Further reading
- “Pappenheimer” in Duden online
- “Pappenheimer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Pappenheimer” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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