Wichtigtuer

German

Etymology

From wichtigtun +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

busybody, stuffed shirt, pompous ass (US) / pompous git (UK) (male or of unspecified gender)
Synonym: Wichtigmacher

Declension

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

Derived terms

Wichtigtuerei
wichtigtuerisch

Further reading

“Wichtigtuer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Wichtigtuer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Wichtigtuer” in Duden online
“Wichtigtuer” in OpenThesaurus.de
Wichtigtuer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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