Turnbeutelvergesser

German

Etymology

Turnbeutel (sports bag) + vergessen (to forget) + -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʊʁnbɔɪ̯tl̩fɛɐ̯ˌɡɛsɐ/
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  • Hyphenation: Turn‧beu‧tel‧ver‧ges‧ser

Noun

Turnbeutelvergesser m (strong, genitive Turnbeutelvergessers, plural Turnbeutelvergesser, feminine Turnbeutelvergesserin)

  1. (colloquial, Northern Germany) a schoolchild who pretends to have forgotten their sports bag in order to avoid participating in physical education
    • 2023 August 21, Friederike Gräff, quoting Ralf Elfering, “Der Weg zum Boxen: „Ich war ein Turnbeutelvergesser“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Bis zur zehnten Klasse hatte ich immer Sportlehrer, die vom Typ her Unteroffiziere waren. Da habe ich mich verweigert und war in diesen Jahren eher der klassische Turnbeutelvergesser.
      Until the tenth grade, I always had physical education teachers who acted like non-commissioned officers. So I refused and was more of a classic P.E. refusenik during those years.

Declension

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