Schnapsidee
Bavarian
Etymology
From Schnaps (“booze”) + Idee (“idea”). Akin to German Schnapsidee.
Pronunciation
- (Vienna) IPA(key): /ˈʃnɔpsiˌtɛ/
- Hyphenation: Schnaps‧i‧dee
Noun
Schnapsidee f
- An impractical idea which seems brilliant when one is drunk.
- 2012, Roman Riegler, Die Sozialisation zur Kontrollüberzeugung unter dem Genderaspekt, a Masterarbeit which contains an Interviewtranskript, page 164:
- […] dass i mi dann wirklich entschieden hab, den ah des Auslandsjohr zu machen, woa im Prinzip a a Schnapsidee, allerdings koa negativ gmante, […]
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References
- Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “Schnǫ́psidę́”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃnapsʔiˌdeː/
Audio (file)
Noun
Schnapsidee f (genitive Schnapsidee, plural Schnapsideen)
- An idea that seems clever/brilliant at first but turns out to be stupid on second thought.
- 2021 April 7, Ralf Sotscheck, “Neue schottisch-nordirische Verbindung: Viel Rummel um Tunnel”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
- Aber in den beiden Ländern, die verbunden werden sollen, ist man skeptisch. Eine Schnapsidee, findet die nordirische Ministerin für Infrastruktur, Nichola Mallon, von der Sozialdemokratischen Partei.
- However, there is skepticism in both of the countries which shall be connected. The Northern Irish Minister for Infrastructure, Nichola Mallon from the Social Democratic and Labour Party, considers this a Schnapsidee.
Declension
Declension of Schnapsidee [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Schnapsidee | die | Schnapsideen |
genitive | einer | der | Schnapsidee | der | Schnapsideen |
dative | einer | der | Schnapsidee | den | Schnapsideen |
accusative | eine | die | Schnapsidee | die | Schnapsideen |
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