Hampelmann
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See also: hampelmann
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Hampelmann m (strong, genitive Hampelmannes or Hampelmanns, plural Hampelmänner, feminine Hampelfrau)
- jumping-jack (toy)
- (by extension) person who is weak of will and easily influenced: pushover, puppet
- 1921, Rudolf Steiner, Menschenerkenntnis und Unterrichtsgestaltung, 6th speech
- Wir dürfen nicht Hampelmänner der Zeitrichtung sein, die sich am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts und am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts herausgebildet hat.
- We are not allowed to be jumping-jacks of the direction of our time, which has formed in the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
- 1921, Rudolf Steiner, Menschenerkenntnis und Unterrichtsgestaltung, 6th speech
- (by extension) hyperactive person; spaz
- jumping-jack (exercise)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Hampelmann | die | Hampelmänner |
| genitive | eines | des | Hampelmannes, Hampelmanns | der | Hampelmänner |
| dative | einem | dem | Hampelmann, Hampelmanne1 | den | Hampelmännern |
| accusative | einen | den | Hampelmann | die | Hampelmänner |
Declension of Hampelmann [masculine, strong]
1Now rare, see notes.
Descendants
- → Kashubian: hómpelman
Further reading
- “Hampelmann” in Duden online
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