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Pappenheimer
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German
Etymology
From de Pappenheim -er. Figurative sense from a well-known line in the play Wallenstein (trilogy of plays) Walleinstein's Death (1799).
Pronunciation
de /ˈpapənˌhaɪ̯mɐ/
de De-Pappenheimer.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
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de literal inhabitant of Pappenheim
de figurative in plural often ironic buddy, pal
de seine Pappenheimer kennen to know one's crowd
de Sonja Vogel Burn, Deutschland, burn Die Tageszeitung: taz 2016-03-08 https://taz.de/!5284391/ 0931-9085 Und die Etablierten kennen ihre Pappenheimer, sonst würden sie ja nicht ständig versuchen, den Fremdenfeinden das Wasser abzugraben. https://web.archive.org/web/20181123073648/https://www.taz.de/!5284391/ 23 November 2018
Declension
m
Further reading
de terms derived from toponyms