Wichtigtuer
German edit
Etymology edit
From wichtigtun + -er.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
Wichtigtuer m (strong, genitive Wichtigtuers, plural Wichtigtuer, feminine Wichtigtuerin)
- busybody, stuffed shirt, pompous ass (US) / pompous git (UK) (male or of unspecified gender)
- Synonym: Wichtigmacher
Declension edit
Declension of Wichtigtuer [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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