Wesselmann

German

Etymology

The billboard use is from the company Wahlkampfwerbung Wesselmann to which political parties assign poster advertising.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛsəlman/

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Proper noun

Wesselmann m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Wesselmanns or (with an article) Wesselmann, feminine genitive Wesselmann, plural Wesselmanns)

1. a surname

Noun

Wesselmann m (strong, genitive Wesselmannes or Wesselmanns, plural Wesselmänner)

1. (German politics slang) a political advertisement in the format 356 × 252 cm or similar

Declension

Declension of Wesselmann [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wesselmann	die	Wesselmänner
genitive	eines	des	Wesselmannes, Wesselmanns	der	Wesselmänner
dative	einem	dem	Wesselmann, Wesselmanne1	den	Wesselmännern
accusative	einen	den	Wesselmann	die	Wesselmänner

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Wesselmann” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Wesselmann” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon