Schnösel

German Etymology 19th century, from de nds Snösel, Snäsel (18th c.). The sense “snotnose”, which de Wolfgang Pfeifer (Etymologe) Pfeifer considers original, is of very limited attestation and not mentioned at all by early sources such as the Low German dictionaries of de Johann Carl Dähnert Dähnert (1780) and de Johann Friedrich Schütze Schütze (1806). Nevertheless it is plausible to associate the onset S(ch)n- with words like de Schnabel (“beak”, cf. de Grünschnabel), de Schnute snout, de Schnodder (“snot”, cf. de schnodderig). The latter portion of the word seems to be derived from, or at least influenced by, nds unnösel (cognate of nl onnozel). This adjective has a variety of negative meanings ranging from “naive, silly” to “brazen, ill-mannered”,un-nüᵉsel in Westfälisches Wörterbuch at de Wörterbuchnetz. all of which fit the sense “presumptuous young man” well. Cognate with nl sneuzel greenhorn, which is a recent acquisition from eastern dialects, however. Pronunciation de /ˈʃnøːzəl/ [ˈʃnøː.zl̩] de De-Schnösel2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-Schnösel.ogg Noun m de derogatory colloquial de originally a young man who is brash and presumptuous de now more often dandy, snob, someone conceited, smug, unctuous (of any age) de Fatzke Geck Lackaffe Popanz schmieriger Typ feiner Pinkel de 2016 Juli Zeh Unterleuten Luchterhand 9783641167295 »Und was hat der Schnösel aus Ingolstadt damit zu tun?«, fragte Norbert. »Dem du gleich ein paar mitgeben wolltest?« Darüber hatte Kron lange nachgedacht. Fest stand, dass es zwischen dem Schnösel und Gombrowski eine Verbindung geben musste. Declension m Derived terms de schnöselig References Further reading