warmer Bruder

German

Etymology

Attested in late 18th c.[1]

Noun

warmer Bruder m (strong, definite nominative der warme Bruder, genitive (des) warmen Bruders, plural warme Brüder, definite plural die warmen Brüder)

  1. (dated slang, derogatory) gay man
    Synonyms: Homo, Schwuler
    • 1905, Moritz Theodor William Bromme, “Meine Kellnerlaufbahn”, in Lebensgeschichte eines modernen Fabrikarbeiters, published 1971, page 159:
      Da endlich hatte ich ein Bett. Als ich mich aber hineinlegen wollte, schrie einer mich an: »Was soll denn das werden, Du bist wohl ein warmer Bruder?« Ich wußte noch nicht, was er meinte. Denn von Homosexualität hatte ich damals noch nichts gehört.
      I finally had a bed. But when I went to lie down in it, someone shouted at me, "What are you doing, are you a faggot?" I didn't know what he meant yet. I hadn't heard anything about homosexuality at the time.

Declension

See also

References

  1. Robert Beachy (2014) Gay Berlin, Knopf Doubleday, →ISBN:As early as 1782 one guidebook devoted a short chapter to Berlin's “warm brothers” and the prevalence of male prostitution as an income source for garrisoned soldiers.
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