Schlafmütze

German

Etymology

schlafen (to sleep) + Mütze (hat)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlaːfˌmʏtsə/
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  • Hyphenation: Schlaf‧müt‧ze

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. nightcap
    • 1826, Joseph von Eichendorff, Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts, page 3; republished as Bayard Quincy, transl., Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing, 1955:
      Da trat der Vater aus dem Hause; er hatte schon seit Tagesanbruch in der Mühle rumort und die Schlafmütze schief auf dem Kopfe []
      Suddenly my father came out; he had been making a rumpus in the mill since daybreak, and his nightcap sat awry on his head.
  2. (figuratively) slowcoach, sleepyhead
    • 2021 June 24, Bernhard Pötter, quoting Horst Köhler, “Bür­ge­r:in­nen gestalten Klimapolitik: Unterschätzt uns nicht”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Köhlers Fazit: „Die Bürger sind keine Schlafmützen, sie wollen sich kümmern.“
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Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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