Gesichtserker

German de: Etymology de Gesicht -s- Erker face oriel. Possibly coined as a linguistic purism to replace de Nase (incorrectly perceived to be a loanword from la nāsus or one of its Romance descendants) or, more likely, as a satire pointing out the absurdities of linguistic purism. Often misattributed to Philipp von Zesen.en Joseph Salmons A History of German 2012 OUP Oxford https://books.google.com/books?id=CHpsrpOqLzQC&pg=PA282&dq=%22Gesichtserker%22&hl=&cd=19&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Gesichtserker%22&f=false 978-0-19-969794-6 282 it is claimed in many sources (e.g. Schwarz 1967: 99) that Zesen mistook Nase for a loanword and proposed replacing it with Gesichtserker However, it appears that Zesen never used the word in his writings and it first appears in print much later Pronunciation de /ɡəˈzɪçt͡sˌʔɛʁkɐ/ de Ge sichts er ker de De-Gesichtserker.ogg Noun m de jocular rare nose de Bei deutschen Brüdern im Urwald Brasiliens Karl Grube 1916 Leipzig Dieterich 43 VIII https://brema.suub.uni-bremen.de/dsdk/content/pageview/1890207 So schläft es sich im Urwald ideal, namentlich wenn man den Poncho über das geehrte Riechorgan zieht, damit die infamen Moskitos auf besagten Gesichtserker keine Turnübungen veranstalten können. So in the primeval forest sleep is great, namely when one draws the poncho over the esteemed smelling organ, in order for the mosquitos, the infamous, not being able to do their workouts on the conk. Declension m References Further reading