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Impfneid
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German
Etymology
Compound of de impfen to vaccinate Neid envy. Coined during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pronunciation
de /ˈɪmp͡fˌnaɪ̯t/
de De-Impfneid.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,es:s.dat:-.sg
jealousy directed at others who are able to get a vaccine before oneself does (either on an individual or regional level)
Declension
m,es:s.dat:-.sg
Further reading
2021-10-30 Impfneid - Neuer Wortschatz rund um die Coronapandemie https://www.owid.de/docs/neo/listen/corona.jsp#impfneid Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (OWID) Leibniz Institute for the German Language
Amanda McGowan 2021-10-28 February 26, 2021 Vaccine envy? There’s a German word for that. https://www.pri.org/stories/2021-02-26/vaccine-envy-there-s-german-word The World (radio program) The World from Public Radio Exchange PRX https://web.archive.org/web/20211028172105/https://www.pri.org/stories/2021-02-26/vaccine-envy-there-s-german-word 28 October 2021
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