German edit

Alternative forms edit

  • Spiesser (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)

Etymology edit

From Spießbürger.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpiːsɐ/
  • (file)

Noun edit

Spießer m (strong, genitive Spießers, plural Spießer, feminine Spießerin)

  1. (derogatory) square (male or of unspecified gender) (socially conventional person)
    Synonym: (Switzerland) Bünzli
  2. (derogatory) philistine (male or of unspecified gender) (person who lacks appreciation of art or culture)
  3. (derogatory) bourgeois (male or of unspecified gender) (individual member of the middle class)

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Further reading edit

  • Spießer” in Duden online
  • Spießer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache