Turnbeutelvergesser
German
Etymology
Turnbeutel (“sports bag”) + vergessen (“to forget”) + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʊʁnbɔɪ̯tl̩fɛɐ̯ˌɡɛsɐ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Turn‧beu‧tel‧ver‧ges‧ser
Noun
Turnbeutelvergesser m (strong, genitive Turnbeutelvergessers, plural Turnbeutelvergesser, feminine Turnbeutelvergesserin)
- (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
Declension of Turnbeutelvergesser [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Turnbeutelvergesser | die | Turnbeutelvergesser |
genitive | eines | des | Turnbeutelvergessers | der | Turnbeutelvergesser |
dative | einem | dem | Turnbeutelvergesser | den | Turnbeutelvergessern |
accusative | einen | den | Turnbeutelvergesser | die | Turnbeutelvergesser |
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